Economics

Why UPS Is Able to Save the Environment While Ethanol Subsidies Destroy It 0
- Economics
- January 22, 2019
Freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may have captured the headlines, but Ocasio-Cortez is not the only democratic socialist congresswoman elected to the new Congress. Fellow freshman and democratic socialist Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, is eager to make her own splash. Last December, Ocasio-Cortez, along with fellow freshman member Tlaib, attended a congressional boot camp. At the boot
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Denmark to American Politicians: We’re Not Socialist 0
- Economics
- January 18, 2019
Democratic Socialists have presented Denmark as the elusive nation where socialism has been successful, and thus a model for the policies they would implement in the United States. Bernie Sanders regularly invoked Denmark during the 2016 presidential campaign, and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez reassured 60 Minutes viewers that her version of democratic socialism would veer more toward Denmark than Venezuela. Just weeks
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The Man Who Created the German Economic Miracle 0
- Economics
- January 16, 2019
On April 2, 1948, Ludwig Erhard, a little-known economist who had opposed Nazism, was appointed Director of the Economic Council of Bizonia, the territory resulting from the merger of the British and American occupied territories in post-WWII Germany. Few suspected that, only two months later, he would unleash the power of free markets and trigger
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A History Lesson on the Shifting Political Stances on Illegal Immigration 0
- Economics
- January 16, 2019
Here are a couple of easy immigration questions—answerable with a simple “yes” or “no”—we might ask any American of any political stripe: Does everyone in the world have a right to live in the U.S.? Do the American people have a right, through their elected representatives, to decide who has the right to immigrate to
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Trump May Be Down, but He Shouldn’t Be Counted Out.0
- Economics
- January 14, 2019
Trump’s lack of popularity is no surprise. Of course, he has brought much of this on himself. With the help of a hostile media, it is understandable why he can’t seem to break the 45 percent ceiling. The result has been predictions of an imminent loss of the White House by Republicans, and that explains
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Why ‘Taxing the Rich’ Falls on the Middle Class Instead 0
- Economics
- January 11, 2019
As Democrats take control of the U.S. House, taxing the rich inevitably becomes a focus. Progressive candidates wasted no time in denouncing the recent round of tax cuts in their campaigns as a give-away to the rich. Although this rhetoric often polls well among some key demographics, in practice taxation isn’t so simple. A quick
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