It should not come as a surprise that 2020’s major national events from the COVID-19 pandemic to the resulting economic recession to America continuing to grapple with racial equality have … READ MORE
Economy
Let’s Talk About Cash Payments
A widely-embraced and pending policy response to the coronavirus crisis is providing cash payments to all Americans. The Senate Republicans recently released a bill that would provide $1200 per person … READ MORE
How Champions of Free Enterprise Can Change the Debate on Economic Mobility
Last week, I wrote about how Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) presidential campaign has served as a contributor to the culture of “us versus them” demagoguery clouding our current political debates. … READ MORE
What Republicans and Democrats Get Wrong About Work
Last month’s unveiling of the Green New Deal by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) has been generating a hefty share of reaction and counter-reaction. It was … READ MORE
Harry Potter and the Modern Monetary Theorists Stone
For all of its wonderment, the Harry Potter series does leave readers with one burning question in the back of their mind. How are there any day-to-day struggles in a … READ MORE
Don’t Blame Buybacks
This is an abbreviated version of an article from Without Objection. See the full version here. A popular critique of last year’s tax reform bill is that most of the … READ MORE
Parenthood in the Age of Debt
Three weeks ago, I became a father. In many ways, that fact still doesn’t resonate beyond a mere intellectual data point. Yes, my son is here, he’s doing all the … READ MORE
Tariffs Beg the Question to Administration: Do You Even Econ, Bro?
In what is bound to be the least surprising headline of the year, it would seem that the tariff war between the United States and her trading partners is not … READ MORE