China’s Maneuvering and the New Balance of Power
Washington is paranoid of current Chinese actions. However, it is Washington that has been the aggressor in world affairs. Original Article: "China’s Maneuvering and the New Balance of Power"
The USDA’s War on Small Farms
The Biden administration is unleashing the USDA on small farmers, attempting to regulate them out of business. This is done to protect not the public's health, but politically connected agriculture interests. Original Article: "The USDA’s War on Small Farms"
Bidenomics: A Boom That Awaits an Inevitable Bust
While unemployment currently is low and the rate of inflation has fallen somewhat, Bidenomics is setting off a boom that is unsustainable. We know what happens next. Original Article: "Bidenomics: A Boom That Awaits an Inevitable Bust"
Where’s the Beef?
Americans are mad about the economy, and particularly about the Fed's inflation of prices and declining inflation-adjusted wages and incomes. Keynesian economist Paul Krugman, on the other hand, thinks that you are ignorant and that everything in the economy is great.
Threats Against the State: Anarcho-Tyranny, Murder, and Legitimacy
On August 9, the Federal Bureau of Investigation killed Craig Robertson, a seventy-four-year-old Utah man, during a raid on his home. The man had posted numerous online threats, saying he wanted several state officials dead and had the means to
No State Is Morally Fit to Spread Global “Freedom”
[Philosopher] Eric Mack [in his article "Permissible Defense"] uses a device employed by all too many libertarians—of holding the ideal free-market anarchist system or a limited government as virtually equivalent to the current State-ridden system. Thus, he points out quite
The Eurozone: An Example of Failed Keynesianism
The eurozone economic figures show the risk of stagflation, and the short-term impact is clear in Germany and France, but it extends to the rest of the countries. Why has the eurozone lagged the United States and other developed economies in recent years?
Terrorist Entry Through the Southwest Border
Alex Nowrasteh Yesterday, I testified at the “Terrorist Entry Through the Southwest Border” hearing before the House Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement. You can watch the entire hearing here, my spoken testimony here, and highlights here. My written testimony is here.
Borders Matter, Even for Purist Free Traders
Gabriella Beaumont-Smith On August 31, New Zealand introduced legislation for a digital services tax (DST). Also last month, Canada issued new draft legislation on its proposed DST. Countries levy DSTs differently (see Table 1), but generally they are a tax on gross revenues based
Why Plea Deals Are a Miscarriage of Justice
Lawyers for two of the Proud Boys convicted for their role in the January 6 assault on the Capitol are filing appeals claiming that they are being subject to a "trial tax," being punished for rejecting a plea deal offer.