Breaking Down Taiwan’s Arms Backlog, Part 3: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations
Eric Gomez and Benjamin Giltner This is the third of a three‐part series examining US arms sales to Taiwan. The first article outlined our methodology for determining the weapons systems within the backlog and showed how traditional capabilities made up a majority of
Breaking Down Taiwan’s Arms Backlog, Part 3: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations
Eric Gomez and Benjamin Giltner This is the third of a three‐part series examining US arms sales to Taiwan. The first article outlined our methodology for determining the weapons systems within the backlog and showed how traditional capabilities made up a majority of
Anatomy of China’s Housing Crisis: Ending Financial Repression
James A. Dorn During Mao Zedong’s rule, there was
Pushing the False Narrative of U.S. Isolationism
Americans have been fed the myth that US foreign policy from 1919 to 1941 was isolationist. In reality, US policies destabilized already volatile international relations. Original Article: Pushing the False Narrative of U.S. Isolationism
The TSA Is Still Crazy after All These Years
The TSA has been promising to end its boneheaded ways for more than 20 years. Flying out of Dallas International Airport last week, I ruefully recognized that all TSA reform promises are malarkey. As I neared the end of a TSA
How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life
Professor Joseph T. Salerno tells his personal story of how he discovered Austrian economics and how he has become one of the its leading proponents. The lecture is part of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Fall 2023 online conference “How
The Hidden Cost of Your Federally Subsidized Rum: The Rum Cover-Over Program
Adam N. Michel As Congress considers year‐end legislation,
Is ExxonMobil’s Acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources a “Threat to Democracy”?
We hear plenty about threats to American democracy: Donald Trump’s a threat, the Republican party is a threat, and any number of other people or political parties are threats. Now it’s ExxonMobil’s purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources. Jeff D. Colgan, a
More Bad News for Link Taxes, Eh?
Paul Matzko Canada’s link tax on online news goes into effect next month, but the preemptive embargo imposed by Google and Meta on news content is already having a significant, negative effect on smaller Canadian news outlets. As Politico details, small news outlets are
Getting Taiwan’s Self-Defense Right, Right Now
Eric Gomez Amid deteriorating US‐China relations, US officials have