India Chooses to Promote Coastal Trade. The US Should Too
Trade in the United States is disjointed by a rule that is meant to promote the American shipbuilding industry but instead hurts all the...
Government Intervention Begets More Intervention
At the Cato Institute, Travis Fisher explains how government intervention in the energy markets will demand more money and ultimately cost taxpayers more than...
Inflation Could Kill Social Security
At the Cato Institute, Romina Boccia explains how increasing Social Security benefits, pushed by inflation and excess benefits, are putting the system at risk....
Javier Milei: A Light in Argentina’s Darkness?
Argentina has suffered rampant inflation, bad government, and declining freedom for years. Now, according to Daniel Raisbeck at the Cato Institute, Argentinians have the...
COVID CASUALTIES: Small Businesses Fled Blue States for Survival
You read about the many individuals that left lockdown blue states during the COVID pandemic (read here, here, here, and here for a small...
California Is Driving These Wealthy Businesses Out of the State
In America, if a business can't make money, it has no obligation to offer its service, at least for now. In California, after years...
New Regulation Coming for CDS Market?
Credit default swaps (CDS) act as insurance contracts against company defaults. Now, markets for CDS are in turmoil as banks face troubling prospects around...
Is Deposit Insurance a Solution or a Problem?
In The Wall Street Journal, Charles W. Calomiris makes the case that deposit insurance encourages risky behavior and makes the banking industry less safe....
The Unintended Consequences of Governments Trying to Help
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan told assembled reporters in Illinois that "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the...
RIGHT TO WORK: Ford Will Build New Truck in Kentucky
Ford has chosen a location for the production of its new F-Series Super Duty truck. The destination for $700 million in new investment and...