Nixing BRICS: how to counter the China-led alliance
The possibility that BRICS may become a serious competitor to Western-led international entities should be a wake-up call to Western leaders
Economics
Thursday
Make China pay for its quiet support of Putin’s war
Xi is vulnerable to economic pressure
Friday
Why Tucker Carlson should have been less excited about his groceries
I’m sure the prices are much lower in Russia than in the US. That said, wages are also much lower
Wednesday
The gloomy future facing trade unions
Why has it been so hard to get unionizing efforts off the ground?
A vigorous and persuasive defense of capitalism
Johan Norberg’s A Capitalist Manifesto has much to commend it
Tuesday
Facing the facts of the West
In the years to come, we will have to persuade rather than compel other nations
Tuesday
The dollar is here to stay
A worthy challenger to the greenback has yet to appear
Thursday
The last banking crisis and its architects, Dodd and Frank
Two Democrats who ‘reformed’ the system remind us why it crashed in the first place
Tuesday
Free markets are part of the American tradition
Contra the nationalists, America isn’t supposed to be a European social democracy
Tuesday
Saying goodbye to the crypto nerd utopia
Is the mainstream economy really that much less deranged?
Thursday
Why Liz Truss had to go
She is the shortest-serving prime minister in British history
Sunday
Universal school choice would transform real estate
It would help the poor the most and greatly relieve the middle class
Thursday
The moral cost of inflation
Inflation has hobbled nations for generations
Monday
Free markets deliver real American greatness
Not the Department of Labor
Tuesday
The trouble with the right’s hands-off economic approach
Most of our right-leaning politicians obsess only about moving up the ladder
Monday
What does the Fed’s interest rate hike mean?
Jerome Powell is confident in the American economy and the ability to avoid a recession
Friday
The inevitable return of inflation
When people begin to expect inflation, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
Tuesday
Supply chain for dummies: a fairy tale
President Biden thinks Americans are too stupid to understand why the shelves are empty
Monday
The numbers game
The slower the workforce grows, the faster wages will rise
Saturday
A brief history of embarrassing economic forecasts
Two variables matter most: accuracy, of course, but also timing
