American economist
It’s the perfect setup for a late-night comedian’s monologue: The coronavirus is so serious it has President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreeing on something and caused the…
The faulty economics are similar for both the tariff and the minimum wage: artificially inflating prices of something doesn't make society in general better off.
You’ll want to read Roy Cordato’s alternative viewpoint after checking out Thomas Donlan‘s latest editorial commentary in Barron’s. Now that the U.S. has a new abundance of domestic oil and…
Amid encouraging news of clearing out red tape and stifling environmental regulation, the presidency of Donald Trump has also brought protectionism (tariffs, “border taxes,” general suspicion of free trade) back to the…
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute has studied Hillary Clinton’s and Bernie Sanders’ economic policy proposals. Tanner explains at National Review Online why he doesn’t like what he sees. Hillary…
Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute explains for Washington Examiner readers why, despite its popularity, a minimum-wage increase remains a bad idea. There are few policies more popular than…
View in your browser. Labor unions and "moral" activists have once again somehow gotten a few of the poorest and least educated workers in the Triangle to walk off their…
To follow up on your post, Mitch, JLF readers are familiar with the lack of controversy among economists about the negative effects of raising the minimum wage and extending unemployment…
… you think it is moral to hoodwink employees in low-wage food service to leave their jobs for a political protest that would benefit the organization behind the protest but…
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute devotes his latest National Review Online column to a discussion of liberals’ efforts to conjure the results they seek. Today, too many politicians operate…
Regular readers in this forum have seen plenty of examples of scorn and ridicule heaped upon über-Keynesian economist Paul Krugman. But, without conducting a site search to be certain, this…
If Wake Forest economist Robert Whaples has piqued your interest with his ongoing participation in debate about the future of the one-cent piece, you might appreciate this blurb from the…