POLITICS

Although the incoming Trump administration says it will cut taxes, reduce regulations, and slash wasteful government spending—all of which are good things—it also intends to enact an industrial policy to bolster US manufacturing, using interventionist tools such as tariffs, subsidies, Buy American rules, and similar commands—all of which are bad things and inherently anti-liberty.

The solution to failed New Year’s resolutions is not to abandon the practice, but to supplement it with a broader resolution–a commitment to a goal-directed life.

Besides abandoning DEI programs, what should companies do then if they want to achieve long-term success?

Argentina’s budget cuts have generated eye-popping results: lower inflation, higher wages, and the nation’s first budget surplus in 12 years.

Privatization of the Veterans Health Administration would improve health care for veterans and nonveterans alike.

The people of Georgia, among the most wonderful in the world, are being let down by their own country’s appeasement of Russia.

By decentralizing disaster relief, we can build a system that is more effective and more in line with the principles of federalism and limited government — principles that have been proven to lead to greater prosperity for all.

The moral code capitalism rests on is rational egoism, first identified by Aristotle and further developed by others, most extensively by Ayn Rand.

Let the advocates of capitalism proceed in the knowledge not only that socialism is dead, but also that what the world still needs to learn is why capitalism deserves to live.

What would be required to restore New York to its former prosperity and greatness would be the combination of the elimination of public welfare, the abolition of rent controls, and the privatization of the city’s transportation system.