Dispelling Two Objections To Free Trade
In my recent Defining Ideas article titled “A Refresher Course on Free Trade,” I made the case for free trade. A large part of the economic case is that free trade makes people in…
The Concierge of Decline
Joe Biden’s handlers and media friends continue to delude nobody but themselves that his legacy will land him in the history books alongside FDR and LBJ as a beloved, era-defining…
Recent Inflation Figures Should Not Be Ignored by Policymakers
The sharp increase in consumer prices this spring may be a blip but may also be a sign that inflation is returning as a chronic problem. For those of us…
How to Make China Pay
The debate over the origins of the coronavirus—did it come from a wet market in Wuhan or from the virology lab nearby—has exposed the bias of media and technology companies…
With Louis DeJoy’s initiatives, Congress can keep the USPS from going postal
Controversial U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s initiatives to get the chronically mismanaged United States Postal Service back on sound financial footing are already bearing good fruit. His back-to-basics approach, which relies on…
Powering up America by giving consumers choice
America’s high national living standards lead us to consider things like abundant access to clean water, comprehensive cellular service, and a reliable electric grid commonplace. Much of the rest of…
Postal Bill Puts Big Government, Special Interests at Front of the Line
Possible changes to the U.S. Postal Service are gaining significant momentum as Congress continues its legislative deliberations this summer. The proposal vehicle in question, known as the Postal Service Reform Act…
The ‘Endless Frontier Act’ Is Not Merely a Wasteful Boondoggle, It Will Likely Slow High Tech Innovation
The advertised purpose of the “Endless Frontier Act” is to increase high tech competition with China. This, of course, is a goal that every American should be able to get…
Progressives Say Biden’s Campaign Tax Pledge Has Been Broken
A leading liberal think tank analysis shows the Biden overall tax plan would shred the president’s 2020 campaign pledge that taxes would not be increased “by one thin dime” for…
The ‘Endless Frontier Act’ Is Not Merely a Wasteful Boondoggle, It Will Likely Slow High Tech Innovation
The advertised purpose of the “Endless Frontier Act” is to increase high tech competition with China. This, of course, is a goal that every American should be able to get…
Biden’s Tax Increases Will Send American Jobs Overseas and Help China Become the World’s Super Power
Joe Biden’s and Congressional Democrat’s plan to give the United States the highest corporate tax rates in the developed world will harm America’s economy, kill American jobs, and give China…
Worldwide Taxation of U.S. Companies Puts The U.S. Economy at Risk
In the years after World War II, the United States dominated the world economy–so much so that no other nation came close to the U.S. in its global influence and…
America Has to Make High-Tech Medicine Hack-Proof
The hack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline has most Americans worried about threats to the nation’s computer network. According to a recent surveyby Rasmussen Reports, 85 percent of Americans are…
How Biden’s infrastructure plan would widen the digital divide
Let’s start with the internet. It has its roots in a program called the ARPANET, which was established by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Private sector entrepreneurs then transformed…
Wall Street Must Stop Enabling Communist China
As a new, more skeptical consensus about America’s economic relationship with Beijing emerges in Washington, Wall Street is growing more tightly integrated with China than ever before. The disconnect highlights…