Economy Delayed Data Unlikely to Resolve Disagreements at Fed by February 20, 2026 by February 20, 2026 Delayed data confirms inflation remained well above target in December. The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCEPI), which is the… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Rents, AI, and Commodity Prices: What Drove State-Level Growth in 2024? by February 20, 2026 by February 20, 2026 Measuring state-level prices with adequate precision requires a lot of data collection, and there’s always a long lag between the… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy No, First-Time Homebuyers Aren’t All 40 Now by February 20, 2026 by February 20, 2026 Despite what you’ve heard, first time homebuyers are not getting dramatically older. Statistics are like hot dogs — often juicy… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Return to Reality: The Economy is Pivoting Amid Digital Overload by February 20, 2026 by February 20, 2026 By the time Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning hit theaters last May, the marketing narrative had become as famous… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Economic Data Revisions Show the Limits of Real-Time Measurement, Not Malfeasance by February 19, 2026 by February 19, 2026 Every time the government releases major revisions to employment data, a familiar chorus emerges: claims that something must be wrong,… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Indebted to the Printing Press: Fiscal Dominance Is No Longer Theoretical by February 19, 2026 by February 19, 2026 The Congressional Budget Office just released its newest budget outlook. It isn’t pretty. The 2026 deficit is projected to hit… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy The Capitalism ‘Stranger Things’ Runs On — But Pretends Not to Like by February 19, 2026 by February 19, 2026 The finale of Stranger Things leaves viewers with an emotional cocktail: relief, nostalgia, bittersweet satisfaction — and perhaps confusion. What… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Mises and Hayek: Two Complementary Critiques of Central Planning by February 18, 2026 by February 18, 2026 Introduction Central planning — the idea that an economy can be rationally directed from the top down — has long… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy ICE’s ‘Warrant’ Shortcut Violates the Constitution by February 18, 2026 by February 18, 2026 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is pushing a new home-entry rule, one Americans might have thought they left behind in… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Are Transfers Replacing Work for America’s Poor? by February 18, 2026 by February 18, 2026 President John F. Kennedy once said, “We must find ways of returning far more of our dependent people to independence.”… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail