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The Politics of Steel Are Center Stage in Pennsylvania Apr. 16, 2024
BUTLER, Pennsylvania — On Friday, just hours before United States Steel shareholders approved ... Read More
Trade Is Evil? Apr. 03, 2024
Leaders of both parties agree: We must reduce globalization. "China is ripping us on trade," says ... Read More
US Steel-Nippon Steel: A Global Deal for American Prosperity Mar. 21, 2024
The Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel company recently agreed to be purchased by the Tokyo-headquartered... Read More
Biden's Corporate Tax Hike: Populism Versus Economic Literacy Mar. 14, 2024
In the latest volley of policy proposals that seem more rooted in populist rhetoric than economic kn... Read More
Taxation Without Reason Feb. 28, 2024
My income tax is due in a few weeks! I hate it. I'm pretty good at math, but I no longer prepare my ... Read More
Skewed News Feb. 14, 2024
On CNN, a "reporter" interviewing Vice President Kamala Harris gushes, "I'm struck, just in your pre... Read More
A Libertarian President! Jan. 31, 2024
Argentina actually elected a libertarian president. Javier Milei campaigned with a chainsaw, promisi... Read More
Populist Politicians Aren't So Divided on Economic Issues, and That's Bad News Jan. 11, 2024
The political landscape is often portrayed as deeply polarized. The two sides, it is said, can't agr... Read More
Three Economic Myths to Put To Rest This Year Jan. 04, 2024
As a new year dawns, it's customary to reflect on the past and set resolutions for the future. This ... Read More
Congress, Here Are Two Bipartisan Gift Ideas for Our Children Dec. 21, 2023
As the festive season approaches, with its twinkling lights and merry carols, the item topping my Ch... Read More
Congress Will Need a New Idea in 2024. Will It Choose a Good One? Dec. 14, 2023
With U.S. government revenues rising, 2023 might have been a good year to get America's post-COVID-1... Read More
American Hubris Dec. 07, 2023
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind." — Hosea 8:7 The debacle of th... Read More
America, France, and the Free Market Nov. 30, 2023
It's fashionable to claim that the free-market ideas of Nobel-laureate economist Milton Friedman hav... Read More
Here's One Way to Demand Rational Government Nov. 16, 2023
In a world where economic decisions are mostly driven by short-term goals and political pressures, t... Read More
The Bipartisan Urge to Control Online Speech: Democrats and Republicans Are United in Thinking Their Political Agendas Trump the First Amendment Oct. 25, 2023
According to the Biden administration, federal officials who urged social media companies to suppres... Read More
Americans Learned a Financial-Crisis Lesson. Washington Did Not. Oct. 19, 2023
Congress and the Biden administration seem unaware that rising interest rates are about as "transito... Read More
The Cult of 'Forever Low' Interest Rates Had to End Sometime Oct. 12, 2023
Countless financial soothsayers and Wall Street wizards were once members of a curious cult. Their d... Read More
The Urge Is To Bite Oct. 06, 2023
After the regular anchor pronoun gives you the news, the station brings out the perennially constipa... Read More
'Good Government' Is a Two-Way Street Oct. 05, 2023
You've undoubtedly noticed how up-in-arms everyone becomes when the government is on the verge of sh... Read More
Shut It Down! Oct. 04, 2023
This week Republicans and Democrats got together to avert a government shutdown. Too bad. There's so... Read More
