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.
Economics
Voting Laws, High-Speed Rails, and Vaccine Passports
It's a regulation-heavy Monday.
SPAC Attack: SEC Slowdown Hits Investment Vehicle
SPACs give ordinary investors a chance for big returns, but the SEC approval process is fraught with delays.
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?
Wartime Rationing Changed How America Ate for a Century. The Pandemic Will Do the Same.
The government tried to stabilize the nation's food supply 80 years ago. Its efforts backfired.
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.
Africa Tries Free Trade
Liberal ideas are beginning to gain traction on the world's poorest continent.
Here's How Biden's Proposed Tax Increases Will Affect You
It seems some are just waking up to the size and scope of the president's federal tax plan.
Basic Income Programs in Marin County and Oakland Exclude White People. Is That Legal?
The answer mostly hinges on how much the government is involved.
Conservative Economic Nationalism Is Not as Popular as People Think
Even supporters of Donald Trump think foreign trade and free markets are good for America.
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.
Elizabeth Warren's and Bernie Sanders' 'Wealth Tax' Would Be Terrible for Low-Income Workers
And it has failed in almost every country where it's been tried.
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.
'Hero Pay' Requirement for Grocery Workers Results in Unemployed Heroes
Grocery store company Kroger has announced that it will be closing three stores in Los Angeles as a result of the county's new hazard pay law.
Biden's 'Rescue Plan' Will Sic the IRS on Anyone Who Earns $600 in the Gig Economy
What does this have to do with the pandemic? Nothing.
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.
CDC Can't Force Landlords To Provide Free Housing, Says Court
Plus: Mexico moves closer to legalizing marijuana, Facebook fights monopoly allegations, and more...
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.
Federal COVID-19 Bailout Prohibits States From Cutting Taxes
The measure could also make it illegal for states to create new tax credit programs, such as those used for expanding school choice.
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.
How a Socialist Candidate Plans To Destroy Ecuador's Currency
Will Ecuador make the same mistake Venezuela already suffered through with dedollarization?
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.
Josh Hawley's Toxic Populism
Is the senator's authoritarian grandstanding the dark future of the GOP?
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.
Did Anti-Price Gouging Laws Lead to More COVID-19 Deaths?
A new paper finds that the shortages produced by emergency price controls led to more social interactions as people searched for scarce goods. Additional COVID-19 deaths weren't far behind.
The 'COVID Relief Bill' Is Mostly an Expensive Bundle of Politically Motivated Giveaways
The Senate is preparing to pass a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that has very little to do with the pandemic, and we all know it. Congress should admit as much.
Joe Biden, Senate Dems Want To Reduce the Number of Six-Figure Households Getting $1,400 'Relief' Checks. Progressives Are Furious.
Moderates and progressives are sparring over how much government assistance should go to upper-middle class families.
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."
What Should Have Happened at the GameStop Hearing
Can’t work Zoom, will fix financial markets.
