While Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has publicly voiced support for diplomacy between Ukraine and Russia, other Biden administration officials are against the idea, CNN reported on Friday. Citing unnamed administration officials, the report...
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2022 Was Another Nail in the Modern Monetary Theory Coffin
by Connor O'Keeffe | Nov 14, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
It’s been a rough year for advocates of modern monetary theory (MMT). After nearly two years with all the budget deficits and money printing MMTers could have wanted, the doctrine’s popularity seems to have faded now that we’re well passed the honeymoon phase. Twenty...
Extinguishing Some Election Day Rumors
by Walter Olson | Nov 14, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
How much went right with Tuesday’s midterm election? A lot. Violence at the polls, much feared, didn’t happen. Nor did widespread intimidation. For all the talk of voter suppression, poll access was healthy and uneventful in the state of Georgia and pretty much...
TGIF: Midterm Blues
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 11, 2022 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
As midterm elections go, for champions of individual liberty this one could have been worse. I see two bright spots. The likely slim majority of Republicans in the House could -- maybe -- produce a measure of gridlock on domestic spending and regulation, and the blame...
The Midterms Made a National Divorce Inevitable
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 10, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
The votes are still being counted, but one thing is already clear: very little will change in Washington after this election. The House of Representatives will likely be controlled by Republicans, but the majority enjoyed by the GOP in the House will be small. This...
Political Cynicism Won on Tuesday
by Jim Bovard | Nov 10, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
Cynics had another great Election Day on Tuesday. Expectations of a vast red wave became little more than scattered sightings of Democratic road kill. President Joe Biden took a “no red wave” victory lap in a White House press conference Wednesday and promised to make...
Western Politicians Tried (and Failed) to Legislate Tides of Russian Oil
by Marcel Gautreau | Nov 9, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Western sanctions program can best be compared to an interrogator who first amputates a victim’s arm and then, brandishing the severed appendage, threatens to begin slitting its wrist and tearing out...
When Elites Own the Narrative, And Own You Too
by Tommy Salmons | Nov 9, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” – Milton Friedman The twentieth century and the second industrial revolution ushered in a new era of politics. The progressive era was underway, as was new opportunities for the political elites to increase...