Economists view fines, forfeitures, jail sentences or other sanctions as a “price” imposed on undesirable activity. But if the price is too high, punishment becomes disproportionate to the crime.
As if you didn’t know, Big Tech keeps track of our internet searches and uses that information (gasp!) for profit.
We’re relieved that thousands of transplanted workers are not going to overcrowd central Indiana and drive up the cost of living. Losing the Amazon sweepstakes is a blessing.
In 2030, because of population aging, immigration is projected to overtake natural increase (the excess of births over deaths) as the primary driver of population growth for the country.
If labor-force participation among prime-age men were at 1950-1970 levels, the economy would have 5 million more workers.
The officials in charge of setting the governments’ budget should not be the same officials in control of the printing press.
Journalists, commentators and economists routinely ignore consumers in trade discussions.
Sears got started doing exactly what Amazon is doing now: offering low prices and home delivery. But the larger point is this: In free markets, firms have to serve customers better than their rivals.
Charitable instincts don’t dictate how much people make, the market does.
Most all the polls missed Donald Trump’s upset victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016. The slow death of land-line phones makes it easy for likely voters to evade pesky pollsters.
Watching recent developments in the U.S. trade war with China has been like watching a minor traffic accident escalate into a multi-car pileup.
In these divisive times, a surprising number of political players agree on one thing: America keeps too many people in prisons and jails.
If for-profit firms are consistently mismanaged, eventually this reflects in subpar earnings. The investor’s escape hatch is selling one’s shares.
The Good Samaritan was not a Social Justice Warrior. He responded to the immediate need of a suffering person. He showed loving kindness by his actions.
Indiana combined lower taxes with frugality to revive a tired economy and nearly bankrupt government.
Is the current GDP growth the beginning of a new period of robust 20th-century-like growth? Or simply a one-time growth spurt that will revert to the anemic growth of recent decades?
Section 1502 of Dodd-Frank effectively stopped the flow of 3T minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and reduced warlords’ income. But the story has a dark side.
Self-proclaimed democratic socialists call for an expanded and more extensive system of government entitlements.
Really good article on the interventionist cycle by Bohanon & Curott on Aug. 3.
The government meddles in the free market, with tariffs, and this leads to a problem. This generates another government intervention, the bailout, to clean up the mess generated by the first meddling.
