As we look at the current sad state of affairs of American governance, we ask how we got to this point in the first place. The presidency of George H.W.…
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On Nonexistent Crime “Emergencies”: Trump’s Politicization of the National Guard
Patrick G. Eddington I spent 11 years in the Guard & Reserve (April 1981-May 1992), so I definitely have some thoughts on President Trump’s increasing politically motivated misuse of National Guard…
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Jennifer Huddleston William Faulkner once wrote, “To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.” Recently, the Supreme Court refused to pause a Mississippi law that would…
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Socialism may have failed, as it always does, in Bolivia, but that unfortunately does not mean that it is turning toward the free market.
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In this age of the growth of the state, free speech increasingly becomes a casualty. However, elites are unwilling to protect free speech rights and, all too often, it is…
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Jeffrey Miron Exchanging money with friends or family should be simple and costless. While this currently occurs for many domestic transfers (think Venmo or Zelle), international remittances from hundreds of…
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Fertility rates—the average number of births per woman—have been falling around the world since 1950. The current rate in the US of 1.6 is about…
On this episode of Power and Market, the roundtable talks about a new brewing scandal involving the Fed, revisits the conversation on nationalizing Washington, DC, and the new “golden age”…
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Preserving Educational Choice: Isolated Cases of Misuse Shouldn’t Derail ESA Progress
Colleen Hroncich While any misuse of taxpayer funds is concerning, the isolated cases involving Education Savings Accounts highlighted in recent reporting must be viewed in the proper context. Arizona’s Empowerment…