Do We Need 3% Inflation? Economic Growth and Deflation
Keynesian economists claim that the economy needs at least 2-3% inflation in order to avoid business cycles. But these inflation rates over time are economically ruinous and they actually harm…
Krugman: Harris Hasn’t Proposed Price Controls and It’s Good That She Did
Krugman-the-textbook-author says price ceilings have terrible consequences. Krugman-the-columnist says they’re “reasonable.”
Have We Learned Anything New About Who Pays the Corporate Tax?
Adam N. Michel At the end of 2017, Republicans cut the federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent as part of a larger package of tax cuts…
Wiliot Launches First-of-Its-Kind Generative AI Tool for Unlocking Natural-Language Insights into Vast, End-to-End Supply Chains
The company’s new WiliBot GenAI chatbot opens a portal between the physical world and artificial intelligence. By allowing “things to talk,” businesses and consumers can ask questions about – and…
New FreeWave Research Reveals Satellite-Enabled IIoT Connectivity Gains Traction
FreeWave State of Connectivity 2024 Report reveals that surging amounts of data from IIoT sensors is forcing the hand of industrial operators in remote locations to consider satellite connectivity, with…
Yard-Sign Libertarianism and Kamalamania
Gene Healy The other week, I did some get-off-my lawn grumbling about “libertarians these days.” When Donald Trump came down that escalator, I suggested, he didn’t just scramble everyone else’s brain:…
The Folly of Legislating against Unfairness
Legislating against unfairness in order to achieve “equal” outcomes is like legislating against the wind. While government has little control over outcomes, its predations can make those outcomes worse.
Americans Paid for the Trump Tariffs—and Would Do So Again
Clark Packard, Scott Lincicome, and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon During a campaign stop in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, over the weekend (Aug. 17–18), former President Donald Trump told the audience that “a tariff…