USA
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Environment/Energy
Russia Salivating to Become the World’s Biggest Oil Producer
by Ronald Stein April 6, 2020Russia and the US compete for global energy dominance. Here’s how Russia goes about this.
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GovernmentLiberty
Tigers Are Less Dangerous Than Tax Collectors and Political Paternalists
by Richard Ebeling April 6, 2020America is slowly following the paternalistic style of government dominating China
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It was French king Louis XIV (1638-1715) who famously declared, “L’etat c’est moi” (“I am the state”). This week, it was clearer than usual that this is an attitude apparently shared by Donald Trump, president of the United States.
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A new paper forthcoming in the journal American Economic Review: Insights estimates the effect of trade with China on American consumers and shows us what we stand to lose if we don’t end the trade war.
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EconomicsFeatured
When Will the Music Stop? No One Knows, But When It Does the Bill to Taxpayers Will Be Huge
by Todd Gabel October 8, 2018It has been said that economists have predicted “nine of the last five recessions,” or words to that effect, suggesting that the “dismal science” can’t be trusted.
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FeaturedGovernment
Take Stock in America: Trump’s Way of Governing
by Nancy Thorner February 1, 2018Much has been written about President Trump’s first year in office.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Advancing Scientific Integrity on Bees
by Paul Driessen June 19, 2017Helping bees and educating people about bee problems is a good idea. However, if the hive is an attempt to reduce media and environmentalist criticism of Trump Administration policies it will backfire.
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FeaturedLegal AffairsLiberty
The Progressive War on Free Speech – Part Two
by David Applegate April 11, 2016O’Sullivan’s Law, named after British journalist John O’Sullivan, holds that any organization or enterprise that is not expressly right wing will become left wing over time.