Daily Economy
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America Doesn’t Need a New East India Company
From semiconductors to artificial intelligence, modern proposals for public ownership risk repeating the mistakes Smith identified 250 years ago.
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The Founders’ Reading List: The Curriculum Behind the Constitution
Lawrence Reed’s latest book reframes the American founding not as a burst of political genius, but as the culmination of generations of reading, debate, and intellectual inheritance.
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From Victimhood to Agency: Understanding What is Up to Us
Excuses protect us from guilt, but they also rob us of hope. The habit of denying responsibility may be one of the greatest obstacles to personal and social flourishing.
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Tariff Math Doesn’t Work, and the White House Already Admitted It
Trump’s new USMCA proposal acknowledges the limits of onshoring. Tariffs can’t undo global supply chains; they’re a consumption tax paid by American families.
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How the Left Convinced Young People That Wealth Is Taken, Not Earned
Frustration with high costs has made younger generations more receptive to claims that wealth requires exploitation. But envy-driven attacks only limit our future opportunities.
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Green Growth: Data Show Freeing Economies Doesn’t Harm the Environment
Economic liberalization has often been assumed to have environmental tradeoffs. But decades of data show the incentives of prosperity and preservation are aligned.
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Nearly All Monetary Rules Say the Fed Should Raise Rates
Continued inflation, hawkish regional bank presidents, and 11 of 12 monetary policy rules suggest the Fed should raise rates. The price of the Fed’s “patience” could be paid economy wide.
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Sabotaging the Invisible Hand: Adam Smith Predicted Modern Policy Failures
Smith observed that significant economic inequalities arise not from voluntary exchange but from distortions that restrict competition, channel resources toward favored interests, and limit economic mobility.
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The Long Tradition of Wealth-Extracting Socialists
Hasan Piker is the latest in a long line of socialist figures — from Marx and Lenin to Castro and Chávez — who denounce capitalism while prospering from it.
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Independence or Accountability: The Fed Cannot Have Both
The Federal Reserve’s independence is often defended as essential to sound monetary policy, but it comes at the cost of meaningful democratic accountability.
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America Doesn’t Need a New East India Company
From semiconductors to artificial intelligence, modern proposals for public ownership risk repeating the mistakes Smith identified 250 years ago.
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•
The Founders’ Reading List: The Curriculum Behind the Constitution
Lawrence Reed’s latest book reframes the American founding not as a burst of political genius, but as the culmination of generations of reading, debate, and intellectual inheritance.
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•
From Victimhood to Agency: Understanding What is Up to Us
Excuses protect us from guilt, but they also rob us of hope. The habit of denying responsibility may be one of the greatest obstacles to personal and social flourishing.
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Tariff Math Doesn’t Work, and the White House Already Admitted It
Trump’s new USMCA proposal acknowledges the limits of onshoring. Tariffs can’t undo global supply chains; they’re a consumption tax paid by American families.
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How the Left Convinced Young People That Wealth Is Taken, Not Earned
Frustration with high costs has made younger generations more receptive to claims that wealth requires exploitation. But envy-driven attacks only limit our future opportunities.
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Green Growth: Data Show Freeing Economies Doesn’t Harm the Environment
Economic liberalization has often been assumed to have environmental tradeoffs. But decades of data show the incentives of prosperity and preservation are aligned.
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•
Nearly All Monetary Rules Say the Fed Should Raise Rates
Continued inflation, hawkish regional bank presidents, and 11 of 12 monetary policy rules suggest the Fed should raise rates. The price of the Fed’s “patience” could be paid economy wide.
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•
Sabotaging the Invisible Hand: Adam Smith Predicted Modern Policy Failures
Smith observed that significant economic inequalities arise not from voluntary exchange but from distortions that restrict competition, channel resources toward favored interests, and limit economic mobility.
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•
The Long Tradition of Wealth-Extracting Socialists
Hasan Piker is the latest in a long line of socialist figures — from Marx and Lenin to Castro and Chávez — who denounce capitalism while prospering from it.
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•
Independence or Accountability: The Fed Cannot Have Both
The Federal Reserve’s independence is often defended as essential to sound monetary policy, but it comes at the cost of meaningful democratic accountability.