“Do tariffs defy the laws of supply and demand and lift our standard of living?” — opening question in “Separating Tariff Facts from Tariff Fictions” by Erica York, Cato Institute Every once in awhile, the issue of tariffs comes up in the news. Even with my limited knowledge of economics and tariffs, I know that, […]
“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.” — Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist Thanks primarily to bad governmental policy, Americans have noticed their hard-earned dollars are buying noticeably less these […]
This is sure to come up in the elections, especially by Hillary and Bernie, so listen up…. I always thought that “trickle down” economics was a snarky reference to some aspect of Reaganomics. Turns out, I was only half right. While prepping this post, I discovered that Ronald Reagan’s disillusioned budget director, David Stockman, later […]
“Secularists, for various reasons, have a notoriously low birth rate by comparison to their more religious neighbors. And, according to Darwinistic expectations, strong populations will inevitably multiply, dominating smaller, weaker ones. By failing to produce offspring, Secular society will eventually be judged and found wanting by its own dogmatics.” — Wes Walker, writer With my […]