Biden’s Blarney on Bank Fees
While President Biden’s inflationary economy continues to falter, the president proposes to outlaw bank overdraft fees, ostensibly to help lower-income Americans. Bank fees, however, are not the biggest threat consumers…
Draghi’s Globalist EU Speech Urges Concentration of Power
What began as supposedly a free trade union has been turning into an authoritarian, interventionist nightmare. A recent speech by a top European Union commissioner shows the sad direction the…
The “Equality of Opportunity” Fallacy
A common complaint is that the 1964 Civil Rights Act started in the “right direction,” valuing so-called equality of opportunity, but then went off the rails with “equality of result.”…
The Impact of Interest Rates on Economic Growth: An Austrian Perspective
Even as the Federal Reserve continues to manipulate interest rates to “fight” the results of the business cycle, Austrian economics teaches that business cycles occur because of the manipulation. They…
Banning Fossil Fuels Will Make Heat Waves More Dangerous, Not Less
Environmentalists insist on banning fossil fuels and refrigerant gasses in order to end heat waves. That means people will face future heat waves (which will always be with us) without…
Woodrow Wilson and Freedom
For all of his freedom-loving rhetoric, it is clear that Woodrow Wilson was one of the most antifreedom presidents in U.S. history.
Chop the Federal CHIPS Act
For all of the media ballyhoo about the CHIPS Act, it really is a page out of the old five-year plans from the Soviet Union. The CHIPS Act will have…
Despite 2023 Decline, Cat-1bis and RedCap are Bright Spots for IoT Cellular Module Market
Inventory stacking, a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, drove cellular module growth in 2021 and even into 2022. However, in 2023 it was a major headwind, driving a shipment decline…
Wireless Broadband Alliance Announces Triumphant Wi-Fi HaLow Phase Two Real-World IoT Field Trials
Simplified networks, extended ranges and device density all achieved in IoT use cases including Smart Home, Smart City, Industrial IoT, and Agriculture Technology. Industry players now invited to take part…
The Immigration Crisis: Crossing the Border to Insanity
The Biden administration’s immigration “policy” is not simply bad governance. It is insane governance.