The watchword among progressives this election season is: “Nothing less than our democracy is at stake.” In truth, democracy itself is not in danger, but one can accurately say that “democracy,” as practiced in the US, endangers our lives. ...
Buchanan and Tullock‘s The Calculus of Consent influentially applies economic ideas to politics, focusing on methodological individual. However, there are a few pitfalls about which readers should be aware. ...
Employing the Labor Theory of Value, Marx claimed that entrepreneurial profits arise from exploitation of workers. In reality, entrepreneurs earn profits when they correctly gauge markets. Exploitation has nothing to do with it. ...
Birkin bags are pricey and the producer restricts its potential buyers. Unfortunately, disgruntled customers who don’t want to follow the company’s rules are now appealing to US antitrust law. ...
Historical revisionism is nothing new, and recent attempts to label an “antiracist” approach to history have wrongly been called “revisionist.” To better understand revisionism, one must first be grounded in reality, then apply reality-based thought to studying the past. ...
Progressives blame the free market for insulin prices and want to impose price controls. But, government regulation is to blame. ...
Wage differences between men and women often are automatically attributed to sex discrimination against women. However, as research has shown time and again, other factors are at work. ...
Norbert Michel Leading up to the 2024 presidential election, speculation escalated that a new Trump administration would try to get Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of government conservatorship. While it seems that the administration is moving in that direction, ...
Patrick G. Eddington In late April 2024, the Congress passed and President Biden signed the most sweeping expansion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in nearly 20 years. In response to stinging criticism over the law’s increased scope—which even some ...
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