The Effects of Expanding Optometrists’ Scope of Practice
Jeffrey Miron The standard argument for scope-of-practice (SOP) laws—and more generally, for occupational licensing—is that such regulation improves the quality of services by keeping out lower-skill providers. If so, then these…
Peace as a Prerequisite for Civilization
While men like Murray Rothbard and Ludwig von Mises believed in “just” war, nonetheless, they did not believe that wars lead to “just” outcomes, as war leads to destruction of…
The Draft Is Antithetical to Liberty, Even if It Is Never Used
Brandan P. Buck Fall may finally have arrived in DC, but one discussion that never seems out of season is pontificating on a need for a return of military conscription. While the…
Otto Car Reports a Cut in CO2 Emissions of 50,000 Tonnes Using Samsara
Samsara Connected Operations® Cloud enables private hire vehicle operator to accurately track and measure its sustainability progress for the first time. Samsara, the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, has…
Why People Pay Higher Prices for Some Goods Relative to Others
One of the important points made by Carl Menger in his 1871 Principles is that people ordinally rank their preferences, valuing some things more than others. While this seems to…
Miller Electric Drives Autonomous Vehicle Operations with T‑Mobile 5G Private Network
Visitors at Jacksonville, Florida’s revitalized waterfront will soon be able to experience the future of fully autonomous public transit. T-Mobile and Miller Electric Company today announced a collaboration to use…
Honeywell and Google Cloud to Accelerate Autonomous Operations with AI Agents for the Industrial Sector
Google Cloud AI to enhance Honeywell’s product offerings and help upskill the industrial workforce. New solutions will connect to enterprise-wide industrial data from Honeywell Forge, a leading IoT platform for…
Why the Money Supply Is Growing Again
In August, the money supply grew at the fastest rate in 23 months.
The Birth of “Irrational Exuberance”
Long before there was Alan Greenspan to turn the Federal Reserve into Casino Central, there was John Law, France’s minister of finance more than three centuries ago. Like Greenspan’s infamous…