Finger Exercises (Part Two)
The Republicans Aren’t the Only Broken Party A major meme of this election cycle is that the rise of Donald Trump proves that the Republican Party is broken. I am
Random Observations
Tyler Cowen Tyler Cowen is an interesting guy. His day job is teaching economics at George Mason University, which has one of the leading free-market programs in the country. He
A Tale of Two Speeches (Part Two)
In the first part of this posting, I said that Donald Trump has laid out a “know nothing” economic policy. But no one can accuse Hillary Clinton of this. She
A Tale of Two Speeches (Part One)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness… it was the spring of hope,
And Then…Depression Set In
This title, a quote from the Bill Murray character in Stripes after a particularly rough day, continues the upbeat tone of my last blog. If you read the news, then
The Son Also Rises: A Lesson in Opportunity Cost
(Dear Reader: This is the first in what will become a regular feature of this blog, “The Son Also Rises” series. These postings are done by Artus Barris – hence
The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes
Ilya Shapiro, who is responsible for constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, has recently published a piece about the Obama administration’s performance in the Supreme Court.
Obscure Public Enemies
I would like to introduce a new periodic feature of this blog, the OPE (Obscure Public Enemy) [1]. This will highlight a little known person whose quiet influence is matched
Brexit: The Mood is Ugly
I think that the key takeaway from the Brexit vote is that it is further proof that the public is in an ugly mood. Brexit therefore falls in the same
Manufacturing Jobs
BloombergView has recently run an article that touches upon something that has been puzzling me for a while. The article is entitled “Who Needs Factories Anyway?” and it claims that