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April 2026

April 16, 2026

OpenAI’s Proposed “Industrial Policy”

OpenAI has put out a proposal for an "Industrial Policy"--an alliance between government and the...

November 2025

November 03, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 11/3/25

The Argentine free-market champion wins his election. Social contagion is real. And canceled professors are...

August 2025

August 22, 2025

Conservatives in Favor of Socialism?

Our government is buying ownership of private companies, taking a share of their profits, telling...

July 2025

July 21, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 7/21/25

What the free market is doing for Argentina. Teachers using AI to grade papers written...

April 2025

April 03, 2025

Vocation and the Division of Labor

Economists call our mutual interdependence the division of labor. Theologians call it the doctrine of vocation.

September 2024

September 18, 2024

Why Tariffs Cannot Work

A few weeks ago, we criticized a key part of Kamala Harris's economic program in...

May 2024

May 27, 2024

Memorial Day Miscellany, 5/27/24

On this memorial day, we consider: competing to get into the military; indignation at the...

August 2023

August 04, 2023

DISCUSSION: Artificial Intelligence & the Free Market

A pundit has said, "If AI can produce series, movies, or political-economy-related op-eds more cheaply...

February 2023

February 02, 2023

The Difference Between Conservatives and Populists

Today's Republican Party is going through an identity crisis: Does it stand for smaller government,...

April 2021

April 07, 2021

The Era of Big Government Is Back

In 1996, Bill Clinton proclaimed that "the era of big government is over." He was...

December 2020

December 16, 2020

One of the Most Conservative States Is the Hottest Marijuana Market

Oklahoma, where I grew up and where I live, is one of the most conservative...

July 2019

July 16, 2019

Most of the World Is Now Democratic and Middle Class–Thanks to the USA

The New York Times put out a video op-ed on the "mythology" of American greatness, maintaining...

May 2019

May 27, 2019

A Defense of Tariffs

Most American conservatives today are committed to free market capitalism, which includes free trade and...

April 2019

April 25, 2019

“The Division of Labor Is the Meaning of Life”

In the division of labor, different people do different kinds of work for each other,...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

How Running a Government Is Different Than Running a Business

In this era of political outsiders and disenchantment with government, many candidates from the business...

June 2018

June 25, 2018

The Free Market Argument for Taxing Online Purchases

The Supreme Court has ruled that states may assess sales taxes on online purchases. Previously,...

March 2018

March 02, 2018

Trump Imposes Tariffs

President Trump announced that he will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum, sending the...

January 2018

January 24, 2018

Who Gets the New Amazon & Apple Campuses?

Two of the biggest tech companies, Apple and Amazon, are planning new "campuses," planning to...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

The Economic Theory of Ebenezer Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge was NOT a hard-hearted greedy capitalist. Rather, he was an advocate of the scarcity...

October 2017

October 20, 2017

Why Democrats Will Never Vote to Impeach Donald Trump

Democrats would love to find a way to impeach President Trump, say if they win back...

October 10, 2016

In defense of free trade

As we've blogged about, both candidates are campaigning against free trade. Texas Tech economist Benjamin...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Both parties have abandoned free trade

Whoever gets elected president will oppose free trade. In fact, both parties are rivaling each...

September 16, 2016

Slow economy due to not enough government action?

A report from the Harvard business school argues that the reason the economy is growing...

February 2016

February 16, 2016

Millennials like socialism, but don’t want a government-run economy

Millennials--young adults 30 and younger--like socialism. 85% of that cohort in Iowa and New Hampshire...

September 2015

September 01, 2015

Sesame Street and the free market

Sesame Street has signed a deal with HBO that will allow the popular children's show...

April 2015

April 13, 2015

Does capitalism undermine traditional values?

The left is always saying that big business really runs this country. There may be...

December 2014

December 02, 2014

The Pope and the Koch brothers

Philanthropists John and Carol Saeman explain why they support both Pope Francis's concern for the...

August 2014

August 14, 2014

Are freedom and democracy obsolete?

The Prime Minister of Hungary has said what many people around the world have been...

June 2014

June 09, 2014

Is the free market incompatible with Catholicism?

The pope's right-hand man has essentially declared that free market economics is incompatible with Catholicism. ...

May 2014

May 14, 2014

The free market vs. conservatism

Conservatives tend to support the free market. But the free market doesn't necessarily support conservatism. ...