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
The US Government Is On Track to Top Last Year’s Record-Breaking Deficits
The Treasury department has issued its spending and revenue report for April 2021, and it’s clear the US government is headed toward another record-breaking year for deficits. According to the report, the US federal government collected $439.2 billion in revenue during
There’s No Reprieve in Sight from the “Monetary Repression Tax”
Who has heard of the monetary repression tax (MRT)? Very few, it seems, judging by the lack of popular anger. Yet revenues from this tax have swollen under the 2 percent inflation standard. They are now set to reach a new
Digital Currency: Risk or Promise?—New Issue of the Cato Journal
(This editor's note is cross-posted from the Spring/Summer 2021 edition of the Cato Journal.) In 1996, Cato held its 14th Annual Monetary Conference, "The Future of Money in the Information Age." The proceedings, along with additional essays, appeared in a book
The Dystopian Future in Which Almost No One Owns a Car
By this point readers are more than familiar with the previously unthinkable infringements on our traditional rights and liberties due to “health and safety” lockdowns that the state has inflicted upon us over the last year. While thankfully more and
Excess Mortality in The US Has Plummeted to Pre-Covid Levels
In any given year during the past decade in the United States, more than 2.5 million Americans have died—from all causes. The number has grown in recent years, climbing from 2.59 million in 2013 to 2.85 million in 2019. This
Why Fungibility Is Important in Understanding Money and Crypto
As the decentralized revolution gains momentum and cryptocurrency adoption reaches new heights, concerns pertaining to the quality of money are too often ignored. According to a Crypto.com report, the number of bitcoin owners surpassed 71 million in January 2021, but