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Another Week of Industrial Policy Hype Aug. 18, 2022
Another week, another reminder that heavy-handed government industrial policy is in fashion. Nobel P... Read More
Trump's Critics on the Economy: So Wrong, So Often Feb. 18, 2020
There's an old saying about baseball and life that no one ever had a 1.000 batting average. It turns... Read More
Red Death, Blue Health? Dec. 06, 2019
Josef Stalin is reputed to have said: "The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a... Read More
The Disproportionate Trickle-Down of Bad Social Politics Dec. 04, 2019
This week, Paul Krugman of The New York Times posited a theory: Red states cause depression and suic... Read More
Steve Moore's Law May. 02, 2019
WASHINGTON — Steve Moore, one of the oracles of free market economics, is President Donald Tru... Read More
Democrats Aren't Losing Faith in Our Constitutional System. They Just Don't Like It Nov. 09, 2018
In liberals' imaginations, there are only four ways to lose elections — and none has to do wit... Read More
There Is Nothing 'Illegitimate' About the Brett Kavanaugh Nomination Aug. 24, 2018
Perhaps one day a court will find that Donald Trump conspired with his personal lawyer Michael Cohen... Read More
Price Gouging Aug. 30, 2017
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is upset about "price gouging" during hurricane Harvey. Some store... Read More
Conflicting Visions Aug. 02, 2017
For the most part, people share common goals. Most of us want poor people to enjoy higher standards ... Read More
The Liberal Media's Double Standard Jun. 20, 2017
In 2011, after a severely mentally ill young man in Tucson, Arizona shot Democratic Congresswoman Ga... Read More
New Food Agency? Hold the Hysteria Feb. 24, 2015
As things now stand, the U.S. Department of Agriculture oversees steaks, chicken thighs and eggs out... Read More
Thank Gridlock for Economic Turnaround Jan. 02, 2015
The Obama Boom is finally here. Gross domestic product grew by a healthy 5 percent in the third quar... Read More
Embarrassing Economists Oct. 22, 2014
So as to give some perspective, I'm going to ask readers for their guesses about human behavior befo... Read More
Thomas Piketty and Other Economists Jun. 25, 2014
Dear Mr. Berko: I'm a retired high-school English/psychology teacher who has always been fascinated ... Read More
Preaching Income Inequality Pays $225,000 Apr. 23, 2014
You have to love the way progressives work. And the work pays — usually at the expense of taxp... Read More
Overestimating 'Inequality' Jan. 31, 2014
Some Democrats seem to think that the very fact "inequality" even exists should be enough to lure th... Read More
Standing Up Against Wealth-Shaming Jan. 29, 2014
America, we have a bullying epidemic. No, not the school bullying issues that get constant attention... Read More
Doing Nothing in the Town That Bipartisanship Forgot Mar. 24, 2012
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan introduced a hard-core GOP budget last week. His committee... Read More
Obama Moving to the Center? Wanna Buy a Bridge? Jan. 23, 2011
For those who argue that Obama deserves a second chance at proving he's not at war with American bus... Read More
