The Real Estate Boom in Vegas Is More Frenzied Than Ever
Summerlin, the suburb of west Las Vegas creeping ever closer to the mountains, looks to be crowded with fully paved streets, streetlights, block walls, and blue top lots. With lumber, labor, and other materials in short supply, home construction can’t
Yes, Paul Krugman, Booms Are Unsustainable
That Austrians and Keynesians do not share many views on economics (or probably anything else) is obvious, so a difference of opinion between the two hardly should surprise anyone. However, it still is important to point out the differences between
“Infrastructure” Is Now Anything the Government Wants To Do
A common rhetorical tactic is to change the definition of a key word in a debate to fit a preferred conclusion. This tactic is now being used by President Biden and other lawmakers in support of an anticipated $2 trillion
Lookism: An analysis on appearance based discrimination in workplace
Smartness or beauty cannot be the only hallmark of competency and what is beautiful is good is the most prevalent stereotype in society. It is often seen that the people who are more attractive in terms of skin tone, weight
Biden Wants a Global Minimum Tax to Offset His Proposed Huge Corporate Tax Increase
In the classic 1939 film, The Roaring Twenties, a desperate James Cagney tells Priscilla Lane, “You want the Brooklyn Bridge, all you gotta do is ask for it. If I can’t buy it, I’ll steal it.” Like a desperate lovesick puppy
Vaccine Passports and Medical Paternalism
Vaccine passports have been implemented, or are being developed, in a number of countries around the world. In February 2021, Israel introduced its "Green Pass," which becomes "effective the week after receiving the second dose" of the vaccine and expires after six
Vaccine Passports Are Just a Way for the Regime to Expand Its Power
Advocates for vaccine passports are a bit like abusive husbands. They say they want to be nice to you. But you keep screwing up and refusing to take your vaccines. So now you're forcing them to keep you locked down
America’s Corporate Thought Police
In my column last week, I said that Senator Josh Hawley’s book The Tyranny of Big Tech raises important issues, and I’d like this week to go into one of these. He notes that Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, YouTube, and Google
All you need to know about Vehicle Scrappage Policy
The demand for new vehicles is expected to go up with the introduction of the Vehicle Scrappage Policy. This policy will be a “win-win” step that helps to improve fuel efficiency and cuts out pollution, says Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
What Happened When These “Neoliberal” European Countries Tried Low Taxes and Low Regulation
Democratic socialists frequently laud the Nordic countries as examples of the success of progressive taxation, generous welfare states, and powerful labor unions. Free marketers have responded by pointing out that not only did these countries get rich long before these policies