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Washington's Credit Card Price Controls Will Hurt Consumers Oct. 03, 2023
Why has Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) declared war on credit cards? Americans are in love with paying wi... Read More
Illinois Law on Biometric Data Could Be a Template for Federal Legislation Jun. 28, 2022
Neither the federal government nor most states in the U.S. assertively address how businesses can us... Read More
Begging Permission to Buy and Sell Freely Oct. 14, 2021
The United States is known as the land of the free, but it has become a place where the government d... Read More
Americans Should Be Working Hard, Not Hardly Working Sep. 14, 2021
The Labor Department reported this week that there are now a record 10.9 million jobs open in Americ... Read More
The Vast Deceptions of 'Medicare for All' Oct. 24, 2019
Elizabeth Warren took a pounding in the recent Democratic debate for her lack of candor on "Medicare... Read More
You Can't Have Your Tariff Cake and Eat It, Too Aug. 15, 2019
When it comes to trade policy, President Donald Trump and his adviser Peter Navarro provide endless ... Read More
Will the Real Tariff Man Please Stand Down? Jun. 13, 2019
The air always swirls with popular myths that, when repeated constantly, are taken by some to be ind... Read More
Don't Be Fooled. Trump's Trade War Translates into a Tax Paid by U.S. Consumers May. 15, 2019
Attention Walmart shoppers: Better stock up now because some big price increases are heading your wa... Read More
What Does Made in America Mean to Trump? May. 15, 2019
"MAGA," blusters Donald Trump. "Make America Great Again!" America's ranching families, however, wou... Read More
Tariffs: The Taxes That Made America Great May. 14, 2019
As his limo carried him to work at the White House Monday, Larry Kudlow could not have been pleased ... Read More
Free Trade Already Puts America First Jun. 15, 2018
These days, I'm often accused of being a globalist. The word is a pejorative meant to insinuate that... Read More
It's Time to Tame Trump's Tariff Temper Tantrums Jun. 14, 2018
Another week, another bumbling trade declaration from President Donald Trump. After a very confronta... Read More
Tariffs Don't Enhance National Security. They Harm It Jun. 03, 2018
American motorists have never had it so good. Cars and trucks are better than ever, and their prices... Read More
Trump's Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Mar. 14, 2018
There are a couple of important economic lessons that the American people should learn. I'm going to... Read More
Will Automation Kill Our Jobs? Feb. 21, 2018
A recent article in The Guardian dons the foreboding title "Robots will destroy our jobs — and... Read More
CFPB's Arbitration Rule No Favor for Consumers Jul. 27, 2017
When it comes to identifying the worst government agency, it's hard to pick just one. It's equally h... Read More
The Fear-Based Campaign to Control the Net May. 04, 2017
Public fear is an ally of big government. When fear sets in among the populace — often with en... Read More
Trade Ignorance and Demagoguery May. 03, 2017
When we discuss international trade and balance of payments, there are two types of accounts. There ... Read More
The Folly of 'Buy American and Hire American' Jan. 26, 2017
Now that the campaign is over, Donald Trump is no longer willing to fake it. Last year, he insisted,... Read More
Trump's Self-Defeating Trade Policy Dec. 11, 2016
Opposition to free trade was to Donald Trump's campaign what burgers are to McDonald's: not the enti... Read More
