Fight Inflation with Supply-Side Labor Reform
In the past few years, a million retired Americans have picked up a pickleball racket. We would have less inflation if they had picked up...
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- Jan 6
Bread, Circuses, and the Crumbling Pillars That Fight Inflation
When a Roman writer penned the adage “bread and circuses,” he warned emperors to make sure that peasants could afford to eat a panini and...
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- Aug 24, 2020
How to Fix the Rocketing Debt: WWII Lessons
The U.S. look, not just ill, but broke. To offset the COVID-induced Great Cessation, the Federal Reserve and Congress have pumped in...
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- May 11, 2020
4 Ways to Conquer a Business Crisis
The coronavirus death rate is unknown, but the corporate death rate is clear. About 90 percent of the companies that made up the Fortune...
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- Mar 23, 2020
Make America Fun Again: Pass a Summer Stimulus Now
Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam argued in "Bowling Alone" (2000) that Americans were spending less time together. Today...
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- Aug 29, 2019
Is the Staycation Dead? Deregulation and Social Media Spur Travel
Labor Day once conjured up old-fashioned images of dad throwing burgers and hot dogs onto a charcoal-fired grill. It was the original...
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- Jun 5, 2019
The U.S. Economy's Dirty Little Secret
Here is the scariest secret in economics today: the U.S. has benefitted from the global slump. The U.S. economy hums along, even while UK...
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- May 9, 2019
AIRBNB SLAYS INFLATION
This Spring’s big betting questions are, Which team will win the NBA crown? What Broadway musical will capture the Tony Award? And why is...
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- May 7, 2019
A FED FOR THE FUTURE
Today’s Wall Street Journal features my oped on a 21st Century Federal Reserve Board. The Fed map is so antiquated, it could’ve been...
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- May 7, 2019
DUNGEONS, DRAGONS, AND THE PRESIDENT
Does President Trump model his trade and foreign policy based on game theory? What game? Read this intriguing piece by Grace Buchholz...
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- May 7, 2019
SIMON SAYS “IMMIGRATE AND ADOPT”
Before Neil Simon left us for some Broadway in the sky, he taught much about immigration and the American dream. Brighton Beach Memoirs...
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- May 7, 2019
MORE FLIGHTS, MORE SCIENCE!
Sure, make fun of airplane travel. Every comedian from Bob Hope to Chris Rock has a riff. But deregulating airlines has been one of the...
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- May 7, 2019
HEALTHCARE: AMERICA’S REAL DEFENSE PROBLEM
The U.S. has a defense problem. I am not talking about missiles, grenades, and F-16s. I am talking about defensive medicine. Because...
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- Apr 2, 2019
FREE EDUCATION APPS AND FREE MARKETS
Here’s a wide-ranging interview from Power Engineering in which I discuss the “scissors economy,” Ben Stein’s lust for poultry, the...
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- Apr 2, 2019
WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
My book Rush urges people to avoid early retirement. To be blunt, impolitic, and impolite, early retirement can make people more stupid...
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- Apr 2, 2019
AIRBUS SUPERJUMBO BLUNDER
Was the Airbus A380 doomed from the start? This week Airbus axed the jumbo jet. In 2007 my book New Ideas from Dead Ceos argued that the...
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- Apr 2, 2019
AN “OUTRAGEOUS” IDEA ON CHINA TRADE
I have presented a new idea for President Trump and China. Mr. Trump should urge China to cancel some of its U.S. debt. A former U.S....
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- Jun 25, 2018