Professor Don Boudreaux of George Mason University says that Trump’s trade policies are unethical. Boudreaux, who is one of my favorite free-market economists, should stick with economics instead of veering into ethics. Boudreaux is correct that free trade is an...
That's the inescapable conclusion after observing the quite impressive turnout for demonstrations around the country today. The marches today are in support of women's rights and anti-Trump, both entirely sensible positions. But to put a finer point on the matter, we...
Trump cancels a .25% cut in mortgage insurance premiums that was scheduled to go into effect 1/27/17. The cut would have taken rates from .8% to .65% on FHA issued loans. [Link] Trump's first executive order was to give agencies the power to roll back parts of...
The entity known as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (commonly called the ATF) was born as the Bureau of Prohibition – a brief experiment in federal behavior control that was made possible by the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution....
