Around the Web

Welcome to the first installment of Around the Web. Each Friday, we’ll highlight a few articles we came across during the week that we found particularly interesting and informative. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Will the Crazy Global Debt Bubble Ever End? – Charles Hugh Smith, Mises Institute …

Max Gulker

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June 9, 2017

Welcome to the first installment of Around the Web. Each Friday, we’ll highlight a few articles we came across during the week that we found particularly interesting and informative. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.

Will the Crazy Global Debt Bubble Ever End? – Charles Hugh Smith, Mises Institute

Would More Government Infrastructure SPending Boost the U.S. Economy? – Ryan Bourne, Cato Institute

IRS Summons of Coinbase Undermines Privacy, Discourages Innovation – William J. Luther, Sound Money Project

Unresolved U.S. Debt Ceiling Casts a Shadow Over Many Forecasters’ Economic Outlooks – Josh Zumbrun, Wall Street Journal

Max Gulker

Max Gulker is a former Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is currently a Senior Fellow with the Reason Foundation. At AIER his research focused on two main areas: policy and technology. On the policy side, Gulker looked at how issues like poverty and access to education can be addressed with voluntary, decentralized approaches that don’t interfere with free markets. On technology, Gulker was interested in emerging fields like blockchain and cryptocurrencies, competitive issues raised by tech giants such as Facebook and Google, and the sharing economy.

Gulker frequently appears at conferences, on podcasts, and on television. Gulker holds a PhD in economics from Stanford University and a BA in economics from the University of Michigan. Prior to AIER, Max spent time in the private sector, consulting with large technology and financial firms on antitrust and other litigation. Follow @maxg_econ.