Should States Run Lotteries?
Jeffrey Miron For most goods and services, governments leave the production, distribution, sale, and consumption decisions to private individuals or groups. For gambling, however, US states are schizophrenic. Historically, state…
Taiwan Arms Backlog, October 2024 Update: New Air Defense Sales and Javelin Delivery
Eric Gomez and Benjamin Faber In October 2024, Congress received notification of two new arms sales for Taiwan, and the Ministry of National Defense (MND) confirmed the final delivery of…
Friday Feature: Rock by Rock
Colleen Hroncich Project-based learning sounds great … until you realize you have to find or create the projects for your learners. That’s where Rock by Rock comes in. Jeff Imrich…
Finding Shelter from Monetary Racketeers
We have reached this point: the government keepers of money do not even understand what money is or why inflation is harmful. To them, the real threat to the economy…
Government Reform: DOGE + E
Chris Edwards President-elect Trump should add “and Elimination” to his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The federal government has grown far too large to be managed efficiently. Even if federal…
Will Foreign Policy Really Be Different Under Trump?
Ryan and Zachary Yost look at some of the ways Trump’s foreign policy might actually be a step in the right direction.
Telit Cinterion, Qualcomm and Skylo Introduce LPWA NTN-IoT Module for Rural Applications Across Brazil
New ME910G1-NTN module offers unmatched connectivity for IoT devices and features cellular LTE-M, NB-IoT, 2G fallback and satellite L and S bands Versatility across networks and bands makes the ME910G1-NTN…
Globalstar Partner Spotter Achieves Milestone of Over 30,000 Satellite IoT Collars Deployed Across Central Asia
Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd., today announced that value added reseller Spotter has seen sales of its satellite IoT-enabled horse tracking collar more than double in the last 24 months.…
A Critique of Black Box Economics
Mainstream economists today examine economic phenomena from a “black box” perspective in which they look at inputs and outputs without trying to understand causal mechanisms that make the outcomes possible.