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Heading into Labor Day weekend, the news was abuzz with low gas prices, the ending of de minimis tariff exemptions, Kamala Harris’s secret service...
I regret it, but George Santayana’s famous statement, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” is misleading at best. The...
In early 2025, National Review reported that lobbying expenditures on tariffs had jumped an astonishing 277 percent over the prior year. Trade associations and...
A representation of the Laffer curve, the relationship between tax receipts and the tax rate, on a black chalkboard. Economists are famous for drawing...
An automotive production line installs batteries into electric vehicles. 2023. In an essay published recently by American Compass, long-time protectionist Michael Lind defends the...
A dollar bill tucked between pages of well-worn book. Stumbling upon the Freakonomics phenomenon in the late ‘00s probably made me study economics. The...
Signage for Chipotle Mexican Grill, a chain of fast casual restaurants, on popular street in Arlington, Virginia. 2023. Lately, complaints have arisen on social...
A prominent street sign with American flags and the New York Stock Exchange in the background. In January, Axios reported a developing trend in...
Donald Trump delivers his keynote address at the Bitcoin Conference in July. 2024. Several politicians have recently floated the idea of establishing a Strategic...
Locals waiting at a shop during a food shortage. Havana, Cuba. 2022. To say that Cuba is not a “food country” is quite an...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discusses wage growth at the FOMC press conference, July 31, 2024. Considering that it is an election year, it...
NYC Rally and March to raise the minimum wage, billed as “Fight for $15.” 2015. The federal minimum wage was last raised fifteen years...
President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room of the White House in this official White House...