Archive: Economy & Jobs

The IRS Lied 
New audits overwhelmingly target the middle class. 
Brady Leonard | April 16, 2024
FCC’s New Broadband Standard Could Impact Fiber Alternatives
The consequences of playing favorites and why the FCC should not be directing the market.
Johnny Kampis | April 9, 2024
The Vietnamese People Admire Capitalist Economic Systems
Although still nominally a “socialist” country, Vietnam has been moving steadily in the free-market direction, and the Vietnamese have positive feelings overall toward capitalist countries.
Rainer Zitelmann | April 9, 2024
US Manufacturing is Doing Just Fine
Provided the US retains its open posture to the exchange of goods, people, and services, American manufacturing should continue to prosper.
Colin Grabow | April 2, 2024
Do Americans Lose If U.S. Steel Gets Sold? Far From It
To reject foreign investment is to impoverish our country—missing out on more capital, productivity, and higher wages for our own workers.
Walter Block | April 2, 2024
China’s Economic Facade is Cracking
Once the nation was all but expected to eclipse the United States economically, now that trajectory seems unlikely.
Samuel Gregg | March 26, 2024
Why Product Safety Regulations Should Be Scrapped
Consumer protection laws may be well-intended, but they have dangerous side effects.
Patrick Carroll | March 26, 2024
Congress Should Reject Biden’s $7.3T Budget Proposal
We don’t need it, we can’t afford it.
Brady Leonard | March 19, 2024
The DOE Transformer Steel Rule and its Consequences
Utilities should make the choice of which steel to use in transformers. The Department of Energy should not micromanage.
Paige Lambermont | March 19, 2024
Debunking All the Main Arguments for Antitrust Laws
Antitrust laws are built on nothing but poor reasoning and misguided apprehensions.
Walter Block | March 12, 2024
Detroit’s Land Value Tax Experiment
The Motor City considers taxing land value more than property value. Can that reverse the long-time downturn?
Scott Beyer | March 1, 2024
Javier Milei Delivers Argentina’s First Surplus in Over a Decade
The revelation that Argentina has done something the US government hasn’t done in more than two decades—run a budget surplus—seems like a newsworthy event. So why the silence?
Jon Miltimore | February 27, 2024