Bureaucracy, Labor, & Tariffs: How Government Is Making BLTs More Expensive
admin The BLT—a delicious celebration of the power of markets—exemplifies political attacks on the free movement of goods and people.
Economics
J.D. Vance Hates Milton Friedman
In an interview this week with Michael Knowles of The Daily Wire, Vance took entirely unnecessary shots at laissez faire…
A Flawed Minimum Wage Study Shows How Bad Stats Get Turned Into Policy Gospel
A 2024 paper claimed higher minimum wages don't kill jobs. It was statistically significant—and almost certainly misleading.
How Moral Panic Creates Black Markets
Economist Alvin E. Roth discusses the moral limits of markets, how bans create black markets, and why harm reduction works…