Economy What Do Consumers Know That GDP Aggregates Don’t? by February 26, 2026 by February 26, 2026 January saw Americans grow markedly more pessimistic about the economy. The Conference Board reported that its Consumer Confidence Index fell… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Capitalism’s Coalition Is Cracking — And That Should Worry Us by February 26, 2026 by February 26, 2026 Free-market capitalism still delivers the goods. But its political coalition is fracturing — and that should worry anyone who cares… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Business Conditions Monthly December 2025 by February 25, 2026 by February 25, 2026 Note: As of January 31, 2025, data for four of the 24 components of the Business Conditions Monthly indicators have… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy The Old World’s Last Export by February 25, 2026 by February 25, 2026 It used to be said that the sun never set on the British Empire, so far-flung were its possessions. Britain… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy The Atlantic’s Critique of Homeschooling Ignores the Real Education Crisis by February 25, 2026 by February 25, 2026 The Atlantic recently ran a story headlined “He Was Homeschooled for Years, and Fell So Far Behind.” It profiles Stefan… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy A Brief History of Federal Transfers to the States by February 24, 2026 by February 24, 2026 Introduction Throughout American history, the federal government has played a role in state and local policy. The Congressional Research Service… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy America Can’t Tariff Its Way Out of This Debt Crisis by February 24, 2026 by February 24, 2026 “Without tariffs,” the President said on his affordability tour in Georgia, “everybody would be bankrupt, the whole country would be… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy AI Regulation: A Tale of Two Austrian Economists by February 24, 2026 by February 24, 2026 Conversations around artificial intelligence have dominated the news cycle and culture at large for the better part of three years,… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Moralizing Markets: Vatican Bank Wades into Faith-Based Indexing by February 23, 2026 by February 23, 2026 Markets have long been accused of lacking morality. On February 10, the Vatican decided to supply one. The Institute for… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Economy Tariffs and the New Economic Lysenkoism by February 23, 2026 by February 23, 2026 Kevin Hassett’s recent call to “discipline” Federal Reserve researchers over a New York Fed study on tariffs is not just… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
