Jeffery L. Degner
From Fatal Conceit to the Friendly Skies: How Deregulation Made Flight Affordable
For decades, federal regulators controlled airline prices and routes, limiting competition and keeping fares high. The Airline Deregulation Act changed everything.
Early Supercomputing Helped Reduce Cold War Risks
The same technologies that once fueled fears of nuclear conflict later helped reduce them and would go on to reshape both strategy and everyday life.
Internal Combustion Engines: The Great Economic Equalizer
Internal combustion engines empowered millions to participate in the modern economy. Restrictions on their use hit the poor hardest.
Silent Cal’s Loud Lesson on Tax Cuts
A century ago, the federal government ran surpluses under lower tax rates. But that's impossible with our out-of-control spending.
The Long Shadow of COVID School Closures
COVID lockdowns transformed education and exposed the limits of centralized policymaking. Six years later, students are still paying the price.
The Student Loan Reckoning Has Arrived
Pandemic forbearance and reporting “on-ramps” masked mounting strain, but loans are now coming due, and serious delinquencies are rising.
How Many Work-Hours Does a Car Cost? The Model T to Today
The Model T brought mobility within reach of ordinary workers. Despite huge improvements, affordability has eroded as real costs climb.
‘Saving the Family’ Should Start with Sound Money
American's birth dearth isn't just cultural — it's monetary. The best pro-natal policy is to stop making daily life so expensive.
