Alex Nowrasteh The Trump administration is preparing several travel and immigration bans for people from different countries that could be implemented as soon as this week. On inauguration day, the…
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While Elon Musk and his DOGE team have made some highly-publicized “cuts” in federal spending, much of the federal budget has been hammered in stone for a long time. It…
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James A. Dorn President Trump likes to say, “The word tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary”; tariffs “make our country rich” and “cost Americans nothing.” Yet, nothing could…
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Jeffrey A. Singer In an interview by ABC News’ Jonathan Karl on March 9, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said of President Trump’s tariffs on products imported…
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Mainstream economists claim that in order to “do economics,” they must collect data and then see where it leads them. However, data by itself is economically useless without a guiding…
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It’s important to note that Sweden’s hate speech law is only a small part of the broader “Swedish system” and its democratic shortcomings.
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Is “extractive” always a dirty word? While mining and energy fuel civilization, modern environmentalism has reshaped public perception—and the economy. What happens when ideology clashes with reality?
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Great Britain‘s Labour government, since coming into power last year, has taken a number of measures that already are resulting in lowering the nation’s standard of living.
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We should not look just at the visible and obvious results of tariffs. We must also look at the good things that the tariffs keep from happening.
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Is “extractive” always a dirty word? While mining and energy fuel civilization, modern environmentalism has reshaped public perception—and the economy. What happens when ideology clashes with reality?