Economics

China’s Rags-to-Riches Ascent at America’s Expense 0
- Economics
- May 11, 2020
A friend of mine who traveled China from the 1970s until recently described what the country was like 30 years ago: Its cities were sprawling, impoverished places with dirt roads and low-rise structures. With few automobiles in the country back then, the Chinese people got around mostly by rickshaws and bicycles. The country had only
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Common Sense on Communist China 0
- Economics
- May 7, 2020
President Trump repeatedly has called on companies to move their factories out of Communist China. He imposed tariffs after determining the Chinese government was illegally subsidizing the production of those goods. Companies responded by asking the president to lift the tariffs, parroting the Chinese Communist party line. Then the coronavirus came along and exposed the
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An Open Letter to the Tyrant of Virginia 0
- Economics
- May 6, 2020
Dear Governor Northam: I hope this letter of objection finds you well in the middle of this lockdown you have declared here in Virginia. As you must be aware, many of your fellow citizens are suffering from business closures and stay-at-home orders. Some people I know here in Front Royal – the baristas and cooks
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Doctors Are Incentivized to List COVID-19 on Death Certificates 0
- Economics
- April 30, 2020
When Drs. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi of Accelerated Urgent Care held a press conference last week, their goal was to galvanize policymakers to reopen the economy. The California-based hospital owners may have uncorked a bigger story. During their long discussion with reporters, Dr. Erickson noted he has spoken to numerous physicians who say
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Decentralization Is Gaining Popularity During COVID-19 0
- Economics
- April 28, 2020
In the increasingly polarized America, Black Swan moments like the COVID-19 pandemic have further confirmed growing divides in the country. Our textbooks would like us to believe that emergencies create fertile grounds for unity. But when you have a populace that is politically dividing itself even when it comes to the TV shows it watches,
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Why the Current Unemployment Is Worse Than the Great Depression 0
- Economics
- April 24, 2020
The latest report on new unemployment claims was abysmal, coming in at 4.4 million last week, some 100,000 more than surveyed economists had expected. The continuous claims came in at just under 16 million, an all-time record. Mainstream labor economists estimate that, all things considered, the actual unemployment rate now (which is only officially reported
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