Is the Great Stagnation Over?
Yes. Get ready for the Roaring Twenties.
Economics
Biden Wants To 'Make America California.' Here's Why That's a Terrible Idea.
So many people are leaving the state that it will soon lose a congressional seat.
The Misleading Push for Corporate Tax Hikes
Corporations get attacked for not paying taxes in a certain year, but they’re just spreading out their losses.
Biden Administration Retracts Claim That $2.25 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Would Create 19 Million Jobs
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg admitted the mistake and walked back the administration's job creation promises on Monday night.
Voting Laws, High-Speed Rails, and Vaccine Passports
It's a regulation-heavy Monday.
Does National Debt Still Matter? America's Greatest Gamble
Fiscal hawks have been sounding the alarm about rising debt levels for decades, but their nightmare scenario of runaway inflation hasn't come to pass. How do we know if this time is different?
How Living on a Socialist Kibbutz Reveals the Value of Private Property
Economist Meir Kohn explains how kibbutz life helped him understand the flaws of socialism and the value of property rights.
The U.S. Economy Got Great News Today
We don't need Biden's 21st century 'New Deal' to rebound.
Scandinavia Understands the Value of Low Corporate Taxes. Why Doesn't Joe Biden?
The president's proposed tax hike would fall on workers. This isn't a controversial point.
Biden's Infrastructure Plan Would Overturn 'Right-To-Work' Laws in 27 States
In his speech on Wednesday, the president called for the passage of the PRO Act, a grab bag of policies that labor unions have been pushing Congress to pass for years.
If You Like Tariffs, You Should Have Cheered the Clogged Suez Canal
Disruptions to trade are bad for the world, whether you can see them or not.
DoorDash Customer Fees Go Up Thanks To Dumb Regulations
Plus: Mask burning is freedom of speech, New York reaches recreational weed deal, and more...
Say No to More COVID-19 Relief Spending
The scale of the current relief efforts means that many Americans received more income during this pandemic than they did before it.
A California Law Allows Union Organizers To Invade Farms Without Permission. This Lawsuit Wants To Change That.
The Supreme Court will decide if the rule violates property rights.
Immigration, Trade, and Narrative-Warping
Why border activity doesn't look that much different under the Biden administration, and how the media framed the Atlanta shootings
Dump Pandemic-Era Authoritarianism and Let Capitalism Rebuild Prosperity
Free people and free markets reduced poverty in the past and are capable of doing so again.
Biden, Democrats Are Locking in Trump's Tariffs
Rather than undoing Trump's disastrous trade policies, Democrats in the White House and Congress appear to be entrenching the tariffs as a key part of U.S. trade policy.
When It Comes to Policy, Biden and Trump Aren't That Different
The president's approach to immigration, trade, and industry may sound familiar.
Congress Uses COVID-19 As a Cover for an Epidemic of Fiscal Recklessness
Legislators view the disease as a license to spend like there’s no tomorrow.
Californians Rejected a Harsh Law That Destroyed Freelance Jobs. Congress Is Trying To Make It Federal Law.
The PRO Act would demolish the gig economy for the benefit of labor unions and would undermine right-to-work laws.
Stop Trying To Create a Zero-Risk Society
We will likely grapple with the consequences of ill-advised COVID-19 policies for years to come.
The Government Has Botched the Vaccine Rollout at Every Step
Burdensome regulations have likely cost lives.
State Revenue Is 'Virtually Flat.' Local Government Revenue Is Up Slightly. Congress Wants To Give Them $350 Billion Anyway.
The Democrats' COVID bill showers billions of unneeded dollars on state and local governments.
Should Businesses Focus Solely on Profits? Whole Foods' John Mackey vs. Ayn Rand Institute's Yaron Brook
A Soho Forum debate about stakeholder value vs. shareholder value.
Some Jobs Are More Equal Than Others
All professions deserve the same constitutional protections that speech-heavy industries get.
Should Businesses Only Focus on Shareholder Value? A Soho Forum Debate
Ayn Rand Institute's Yaron Brook says yes, Whole Foods' John Mackey says no.
U.S. Lifts Tariffs on Scotch Whisky, but American Distillers Remain on the Rocks
The announcement signals a possible deescalation in the transatlantic trade war and raises hopes for a U.S.-U.K. trade agreement.
These Doctors Exemplify the Virtues of Free Market Medicine
"Direct primary care is about as close to a free market in health care as you've ever seen in our country," says Dr. Lee Gross.
Thomas Sowell's Maverick Insights on Race, Economics, and Society
The peerless 90-year-old scholar is the subject of a new documentary and biography.
Democrats Can't Use Reconciliation To Pass a $15 Minimum Wage. Here's What They Might Do Next.
But the real reason why Democrats should abandon the effort to hike the federal minimum wage has nothing to do with arcane Senate rules or the filibuster.
Biden's Pick To Run Trade Policy, Katherine Tai, Promises More Efficient Protectionism
Trump's trade policies caused "a lot of disruption and consternation," Tai said at one point during Thursday's hearing. "I want to accomplish similar goals in a more effective process."
The Minimum Wage Is Terrible for America's Most Vulnerable Workers
Like so many well-intentioned policies, it hurts the people it's supposed to help.
Jason Riley: Thomas Sowell's Unique Insights on Race, Economics, and Politics
A new documentary and forthcoming biography pay tribute to the economist's intellectual fearlessness and commitment to empirical research.
Conservationists Pushed Ban on Non-Fatal Rhino Horn Harvesting. Poaching Skyrocketed.
Environmental activists should use the market to their advantage.
American Distillers Face a Double-Shot of Tariffs in June. Will Biden Save Them?
Biden's new trade representative should outline a plan to remove the economically nonsensical and politically pointless tariffs on European steel and aluminum in order to deescalate this costly conflict.
Grocery Store Owners Say That Pandemic Hazard Pay Laws Are Putting Them Out of Business
City-level requirements that grocery stores pay wage premiums during the pandemic could prompt layoffs, price hikes.
Beware the COVID-19 Debt Hangover
Biden's proposed stimulus spending might give a modest boost, but in the long run it'll slow the economy.
Biden's Manufacturing Plan Is $700 Billion Worth of Protectionism
Never let a good manufactured crisis go to waste
The Trade War Drove American Automaking Jobs to China as Tariffs Stalled U.S. Exports
Further evidence that tariffs simply don't make sense as trade policy. President Joe Biden should take note.
State, Local Governments Are Posting Surprisingly Sunny Revenue Projections. Democrats Want To Give Them $350 Billion Anyway.
Most states managed to avoid much-predicted fiscal crises during the pandemic. Congress wants to shower them with more federal aid anyway.
Biden Administration Suspends Rule Protecting Businesses From Banking Discrimination
Experts disagree on whether the move is a win for free association.
The Trouble With Mitt Romney's Family Security Act
The plan would redistribute wealth, create distortions, and grow government.
CBO Says Raising Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour Would Kill Jobs, Because Obviously It Would
A higher federal minimum would reduce employment and increase the deficit, according to a new nonpartisan government analysis.
Instead of Lifting Trump's Tariffs, Biden Is Imposing More of Them
Reimplementing 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imported from the United Arab Emirates for vacuous national security reasons only entrenches executive authority over trade.
Biden Signals Retreat From Nonsensical Minimum Wage Hike in COVID-19 Relief Bill
"I don't think it is going to survive," Biden said on Sunday, though he promised to push for a higher minimum wage as a stand-alone bill in the future.
Walter Williams, RIP
The free market economist and iconoclast died in December at the age of 84.
