Will Colombia Turn Back Before It’s Too Late?
Will Colombia’s Gustavo Petro heed the lessons of Chavez’s Venezuela and avoid a similar fate?
Incentivizing Bad Behavior: HUD, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae
To this day, private companies are castigated for “predatory lending.” Yet, it was government policy that incentivized loans to those who couldn’t afford to repay them.
Defending Grocery Stores’ “Excess” Profits
We should celebrate, not resent, the grocers’ profits.
Foreign Investment: The Problem of Domestic Capital Accumulation (4 of 5)
What is lacking in order to make the developing countries as prosperous as the United States is only one thing: capital-and, of course, the freedom to employ it under the discipline of the market and not the discipline of the government.
Waiving Big Pharma’s Intellectual Property Rights is a Gross Injustice
A movement is underway to pressure the Biden Administration to waive global intellectual property (IP) rights to COVID vaccines developed in the United States.
Tariffs, Transportation Costs & The Case for Unilateral Free Trade
A policy of unilateral free trade is analytically equivalent in its effects to a fall in inbound transportation costs while outbound transportation costs remain the same.
California Government’s Myopic Antitrust Action Against Amazon
Amazon has made its platform so attractive to third-party merchants that large numbers of them willingly pay a premium in order to continue to use Amazon’s platform.
The Need to Identify the Unseen
When politicians announce a new program or policy, they tell us of all the great benefits that will result.
Insulin Markets Need Less Government
Thanks to government, insulin is hard to get.
