Tenants Have No Special Rights
The advocates of “tenants’ rights” imply that tenants have rights that are separate and distinct from landlords and other individuals.
Capitalism vs. Racism: Black Consumers & Ending Segregation
Under laissez-faire capitalism, racial segregation would disappear, even though it would be legally permissible on private property. It would disappear because it is fundamentally incompatible with the requirements of profit-making and because it is irrational.
Biden Administration and the Democrats Fail the Marshmallow Test
The Orwellian “Build Back Better” and “Inflation Reduction Act” plunders from the future to gratify hoped-to-be-Democrat voters now.
Modern-day Luddites
Modern-day Luddites oppose a different type of progress—gentrification.
President Biden Threatens Oil Companies with a Windfall Profits Tax—Again
Increasing taxes on oil company profits will just discourage investment in new production and raise prices higher, hurting American consumers even more.
Preservation vs. Affordable Housing
Historic preservation is a pretense for dictating how others may or may not use their property.
Gone Viral: How Covid Drove the World Insane
I would rank Justin Hart’s book among those that should be considered a staple reading on the covid epoch. It’s as much a medical and political history as it is a psychological study in mass hysteria.
Good News, the World Is Getting Better
We are incessantly told about disasters, whether the latest heat wave, flood, wildfire or storm. Yet, the data overwhelmingly show that over the last century, people have become much safer from all these weather events.
Money Creation, Then And Now
One good way to understand the current monetary system is to gain a basic understanding of banking history.
