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Protectionist Darling Whirlpool Circles the Drain
The Fed Is Working on a CBDC, Despite Executive Order
The JAWBONE Act Is on the Right Track to Stop Government Coercion
New Cato Study Debunks Decades of Conventional Wisdom on State Funding and Rising Tuition
Not Renewing USMCA Isn’t the Deal’s Death Knell—But It Isn’t Costless Either
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Protectionist Darling Whirlpool Circles the Drain
The Fed Is Working on a CBDC, Despite Executive Order
The JAWBONE Act Is on the Right Track to Stop Government Coercion
New Cato Study Debunks Decades of Conventional Wisdom on State Funding and Rising Tuition
Not Renewing USMCA Isn’t the Deal’s Death Knell—But It Isn’t Costless Either
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Scott Lincicome and Chad Smitson In my new Bloomberg column today, I discuss the travails of Whirlpool Corporation, a longtime advocate (and recipient) of...
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Nicholas Anthony President Donald Trump issued an executive order to stop the creation or development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Yet rumors...
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David Inserra Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden recently introduced the JAWBONE Act to stop government pressure on and coercion of companies, a pattern...
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According to AOC and Bernie Sanders, it is impossible for someone to obtain a billion dollars of income by any means beyond theft. How...
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Andrew Gillen A new paper released today, Trends in Higher Education: State Funding and Tuition Revenue at Public Colleges from 1980 to 2025, documents...
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Alfredo Carrillo Obregon (Getty Images) On June 10, President Trump cast doubt on the future of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), stating that he...
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Economists like Harold Demsetz and Ronald Coase based their property rights views on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard based his on justice.
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Nicholas Anthony The trouble with the Bank Secrecy Act is not limited to regulatory burdens, ineffective reporting, and expansionary surveillance. There’s also the problem...
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When inflation surges, the first thing on the government’s agenda is for the Federal Reserve to try to force up interest rates. However, as...
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Economists like Harold Demsetz and Ronald Coase based their property rights views on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard based his on justice.
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BOJ says it may “tighten further as it focuses on taming price pressures from the Iran-war-induced energy shock”.
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Thomas A. Berry, Dan Greenberg, and Kimberly Coleman America faces a housing crisis, and that crisis has become particularly acute in New York City....
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Romina Boccia and Krit Chanwong Social Security’s long-term shortfall is likely significantly worse than projected. In 2025, the Social Security Trustees estimated that the program...
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The White House leaks that a deal is almost done. Markets surge. Insiders profit. The deal collapses. Repeat. Now the markets barely move. Nobody...
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Kraken Financial creates a 100% full-reserve warehouse model. But this poses a direct threat to the fractional-reserve system.