Certain politicians would do well to learn that inflation is not caused by corporate "greed."
Some want to solve the problem with subsidies for gas, housing, child care, and more. That only risks greater stagnation.
Once again, Washington is giving us every reason to believe it's selling favors to cronies even if it means everyone else loses.
Congress continues to allocate funds to produce weapons that the Pentagon itself says it doesn't need.
We must face the reality that the debt does matter.
From the CDC to the FDA, there are too many missteps to list.
We were told it would be "transitory." But inflation continued to rise.
Both Republicans and Democrats want to address poverty with big government.
The idea would benefit central planners and grow the ranks of bureaucrats while making the poor even poorer.
Those who demand a revival of antitrust regulation to "promote competition" may not realize that they're inciting a revival of cronyism to suppress competition.
Boeing may love an additional handout, but such subsidies will be a net negative for the country's economy as a whole.
Using "we" implies a collective responsibility, creates the false impression that most people are on board, and hints that we'll share equally in the benefits.
According to a recent poll, only 22 percent of people believe that the current state of the economy is "good" or "excellent."
For decades, libertarians have focused on illiberalism coming from the political left. But authoritarianism has taken root among many conservatives across the world.
America needs to get its fiscal house in order.
You can support pre-K education and affordable child care and worry about climate change while understanding that policymakers need to get out of the way.
Studies show that support for mandated paid leave drops when employees find out what it costs them in take-home pay.
The unique civic and economic role of voluntarism and charity has been a core part of American culture for centuries.
The legislation will have a negative impact on the labor supply and send high prices soaring even higher.
The media's hasty commentary on economic matters makes one question which reporters and pundits have educated themselves on the topics.
Hundreds of leaders have endorsed a 15 percent global minimum tax to quash countries with lower and simpler taxes.
The pick lends ammunition to those who have warned of a slippery slope toward socialism.
Free speech on campus is in jeopardy. But many people on the left and the right are rising to fight for our liberal democratic values.
They favor special interests, hurt consumers, and have utterly failed to rein in China.
"Spending trillions more on new and expanded government programs, when we can't even pay for the essential social programs...is the definition of fiscal insanity."
They give an edge to big companies that have no problems accessing capital and whose executives are often well-connected with politicians.
Democrats want to raise the debt ceiling, while Republicans occasionally remember they're against big government spending.
There simply aren't enough rich people to finance all the new spending.
Growing evidence confirms that barriers to immigration make us all worse off.
The two are idolizing the wrong models.
The same institution that's unable to run the Postal Service or Amtrak orchestrated our invasion and withdrawal of Afghanistan.
As it turns out, state and local tax revenues hardly collapsed.
As inflation increases, we need a low-debt environment.
It would require our enormous government to become less gluttonous with the people's resources.
Governments at the state, local, and federal levels can obstruct our pursuit of happiness and at times even jeopardize our safety.
We don't have a gridlock problem. We have a spending problem.
Biden's infrastructure package is really a jackpot for public unions and big business.
For many elected Democrats, infrastructure is much more than roads, bridges, dams, and waterways.
It will be no better for taxpayers than oil cartels are for consumers.
A new study finds that as the government expands, the private sector shrinks.
The spending plan demonstrates an unwillingness to govern and a preference for pandering to special interests.
No country gets out of poverty through redistribution of income.
The calls to implement such a plan are based on incorrect assumptions and a passive media.
Many Democrats and Republicans act like spending isn't an issue. Here's why they're wrong.
The president says fighting climate change is one of his primary goals. His legislation would do no such thing.
This is the same agency that cost thousands of lives with its botched vaccine rollout.
It's unscientific, wastes precious resources, and keeps Americans unjustifiably scared of the virus.
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