Best Credit in the World
Plus: Rent freeze setback, AI misalignment, Bolshevik ridiculousness, and more...
Economics
Montreal Economic Institute Webinar on Legal Challenges to the Trump Tariffs Against Canadian Goods
I will be one of the speakers.
Pentagon Auditors Say the Iran War Has Cost $33 Billion. The Real Price Tag Is Far Higher.
The Congressional Budget Office says the inflationary consequences of the war will be felt well into 2027.
AI Could Make Our Lives Better. So Why Are We Trying To Stop It?
Anthropic's CEO wants federal regulation that would slow down AI (and his competitors' innovations). Has that ever worked?
The Justification for New Time Limits on Student Visas 'Borders on the Absurd,' a Federal Judge Says
Although the impact of the DHS rule "is likely to be catastrophic," a George W. Bush appointee writes, the government's rationale is "exceptionally weak."
Trump's $5,000 'Dividends' Are a Brazen Vote-Buying Scheme
Tariffs won’t begin to fund the effort to purchase voters’ good will.
Former Trade Officials Explain Why Trump's Section 301 Tariffs Are Illegal
Their brief says the president is asserting "essentially boundless" authority to impose "economy-wide tariffs untethered from the statute Congress enacted."
Trump Again Condemns His Supreme Court Nominees As Too Cowardly To Agree With Him
The president's latest tirade against recalcitrant justices reflects his open contempt for judicial review.
Our New Amicus Brief in the Section 301 Tariff Case
The Cato Institute, Michael McConnell, and I filed an amicus brief in litigation challenging Trump's massive Section 301 tariffs, which use "forced labor" as a pretext for sweeping protectionism.
Moving Soon? Here Are 10 Modern Conveniences That Will Make It Easier.
How Wayfair, Taskrabbit, and Instacart simplify your transition to a new house or apartment
Major Questions, Nondelegation, and the Section 338 Tariffs Against Canada
Why the major questions and nondelegation doctrines bolster the legal case against Trump's Section 338 tariffs.
South Korea Will Invest $100 Billion in U.S. Nuclear Sector To Boost AI and Appease Trump
Facing a 25 percent tariff threat, Seoul agreed to bankroll nuclear reactors and a Texas gas plant. The cost is already climbing past budget.
Are We Winning the Trade Wars?
Economists Stephen Moore and Scott Lincicome debate tariffs as a foreign policy tool.
A 50% Tariff on Pencil Parts? Welcome to the U.S.-Canada Trade War.
Canada's retaliatory tariffs include the little metal band that holds an eraser onto a pencil.
Trump and Vance's Plan To Bribe Voters With $5,000 Checks Shows MAGA Is Out of Ideas
By quickly endorsing Trump's ridiculous plan to bribe voters in the midterms, J.D. Vance reveals something about the future of Trumpism. There isn't one.
I Went Looking for a Libertarian Miracle in Argentina. I Found Something Messier.
After a week in Buenos Aires, I found Milei’s economic revolution is real—and deeply divisive.
Some Bribes, as a Treat
Plus: Data center backlash, Anthropic job-loss predictions, and more...
Our New Federal Circuit Amicus Brief in the Section 122 Tariff Case
The brief explains why the Section 122 tariffs are illegal and run afoul of the major questions and nondelegation doctrines.
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Speaking Collectively: The First Amendment, the Public Sector, and the Right to Bargain and Strike," by Kate Andrias
Part of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the Journal is publishing.
Trump Expands Illegal Section 338 Tariffs Against Canadian Imports - and Bans Some Entirely
The move further escalates this harmful and illegal trade war with a vital ally.
Trump Bans Canadian Beer, Wine, Motorcycles, and More
The ban was accompanied by a new set of tariffs targeting Canadian motorboats, cheese, and other products in the latest expansion of an absurd trade war.
I Celebrate Labor—Just Not Organized Labor
Unions do protect the jobs of existing workers and sometimes get them raises. But that protection kills jobs later.
Retaliation
Plus: Capitalism blaming, desalination innovation, Houthis fire on Saudi Arabia, and more...
Help Workers by Breaking Down Barriers to Labor Mobility
Labor Day is a great time to remember that we can make workers vastly better off by empowering more of them to vote with their feet, both within countries and through international migration.
If Canada is 'Ripping Off' the U.S., Why Is It Falling Behind?
Americans have been widening the prosperity gap with our neighbors for years.
NYC Law Could Force Uber and Lyft to Keep Dangerous Drivers on the Road
A federal judge temporarily blocked it from taking effect. But the legal fight is ongoing.
Trump Is Expanding Executive Power. Democrats Are Already Eyeing the New Tools.
Some Democrats are licking their chops over other economic powers that Trump has claimed for the presidency.
Trump's Beef Tariff Cut Accidentally Makes the Case for Free Trade
As the president liberalized the market for beef, he also imposed new 50 percent tariffs on some $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. Americans will suffer.
Judge Rejects Trump Administration's Plan To Break Up Google's Ad Business
Punishing a company for building the best product doesn't serve the businesses or users antitrust enforcers claim to protect.
Federalism Will Save the Data Centers
State preemption worked for housing. It's unlikely to come to the rescue of incredibly unpopular data centers.
2,400 Baseball Games for the Price of 1
Fake wide receivers running scams, Djokovic bounced, Messi retires, The Giving Tree wasn't about stadium subsidies, and more…
Trump's Trade War With Canada Is Costly, Absurd, and Unfunny
American consumers and businesses are being taken advantage of by Canadians who are…offering to sell us aluminum, oil, and wood? How?
The Math on Trump's Haitian Deportation Flights Doesn't Add Up
The Trump administration created 330,000 new illegal immigrants by revoking TPS from Haitians. It plans to deport just 10,400 per year.
Democrats Are Undoing California's Pension Reforms. Why Are Republicans Going Along With It?
Pension changes passed in 2011 have saved California taxpayers from a fiscal crisis, but public sector unions are now pushing to undo them.
Canada Should Ignore Trump's Protectionism and Unilaterally Enact Free Trade
U.S. tariffs hurt Americans. Retaliatory tariffs will hurt Canadians.
Gavin Newsom Admits He Might Keep Tariffs?
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss tariffs, tech moral panics, social media harms, video games, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, AI-written journalism, and America’s $40 trillion debt.
A 90-Day Waiver on Beef Tariffs Won't Rescue America's Cattle Industry
It will take more than three months to fix the problems plaguing the American beef industry.
The National Debt Has Crossed $40 Trillion. Both Parties Are Responsible.
And both are hiding behind a lie of omission.
How Did America Get $40 Trillion in Debt?
Plus: Trump's trade war with Canada, the growing backlash against data centers, and calls to censor journalists in Britain
Trump Threatens U.S. Relationship With Canada as Trade Talks Collapse
Canada is one of our largest trading partners. The president imposed 50 percent tariffs on cars, wigs, and hockey sticks.
Forget the Population Bomb. The New Fear Is a Population Implosion.
Overpopulation panic is sooooo 20th Century! Welcome to the era of depopulation dread.
1 in 5 Americans Still Need Government Permission To Work
Occupational licensing raises costs and limits mobility without improving safety.
Trump Imposes Harmful and Illegal Section 338 Tariffs Against Many Canadian Imports
Section 338 is a long-defunct part of the notorious Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
This Mamdani-Backed Bill Would Kill Jobs, Boost Unions, and Make Deliveries More Expensive
The misleadingly named "Delivery Protection Act" would require companies like Amazon and FedEx to directly hire employees for last-mile delivery, rather than contracting this service out to subcontractors.
Data Centers Are Doing Your Dirty Work for You
Their few defenders often misunderstand their benefits.
