Tag: Econlib

  We often hear that the American dream is no longer achievable for a large fraction of Americans. Some of ...

Back in February, Donald Trump claimed that the European Union was formed to “screw the US” on trade.  With the ...

Celebrate the liberty trifecta on a site funded by, appropriately enough, the Liberty Fund. Five years ago, I didn’t even ...

A recent Bloomberg article suggested that the Fed should declare victory over inflation: Granted, it may feel premature, if not ...

  In my June 10 post on the penny, I wrote: The U.S. government makes a pretty penny (pun intended) ...

“The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they ...

The administration has proposed giving newborn babies (whose parents have Social Security numbers) a savings account containing $1,000, which must ...

I’m glad that co-blogger Scott Sumner took on one of the fears about ending the production of pennies. His post ...

I don’t want to sound too paternalistic, but one thing should be said: poor Elon Musk played a game he ...

I like looking at the extremes.  If it were actually true that capitalism causes selfishness, then what are the odds ...