Budget, Taxation & Economy
Questions for Biden on the Minimum Wage
If government derives its authority from the “consent of the governed,” how can the governed consent powers to government that they – the governed – themselves don’t have?
Walter E. Williams
American economist, commentator, and academic (1936-2020)
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
True Morality is Not Found in a Government Program
Far too many equate compassion and morality with government programs. Here's why they're wrong.
Law & Public Safety
Walter Williams (1936-2020) remembered
The sad news of economist Walter Williams’ death offers us a chance to revisit a 2007 Carolina Journal Radio interview. Kokai: Now, based on your work, I’m guessing you…
Law & Public Safety
How the North Carolina State Constitution describes the results from liberty
Some truths are so self-evident that our state constitution infers them, such as this one: "the blessings of liberty."
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Walter Williams explores tax cuts’ impact
Walter Williams‘ latest column at DailyWire.com addresses popular myths surrounding tax cuts. The argument that tax cuts reduce federal revenues can be disposed of quite easily. According to the Congressional…
Liberty
Another N&R writer goes enters the witness protection program
Just last night I was watching an episode of my favorite TV program “The Sopranos,” and in one scene the dialogue centered around characters who had (wink wink) entered the…
Education
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Carolina Journal Radio marks its 800th weekly episode by highlighting some of the most interesting figures to appear on the program over the past 15 years. Among the notable interviewees:…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Trump Supports $16 Per Hour Minimum Wage…For Auto Workers
As part of the US-Mexico trade deal that was announced last week, the Trump administration argued for and won a $16 per hour minimum wage for auto and auto parts…
Liberty
Williams reflects on gun control debate
Walter Williams writes at DailyWire.com about the changing approach to guns in American society. The job for those of us who are 65 or older is to relay the fact…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Dangerous government control of our lives
Walter Williams‘ latest column laments federal government agencies’ overly powerful roles in our lives. [T]here are seven unelected people who have life-and-death control over our economy and hence our lives…
Liberty
Walter Williams on “The Welfare State’s Legacy”
That’s the title of a recent blogpost by the GMU economist. As usual, Professor Williams doesn’t mince words: That the problems of today’s black Americans are a result of a legacy of…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Economists: warning about protectionism since Adam Smith
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…