Stefan Bartl
Earth Hour Misses Civilization’s True Triumph: Human Innovation
Turning off the lights is easy. Creating them—and the progress they bring—was humanity’s true achievement.
Free Speech in the Digital Age: From Natural Right to Digital Credential
By regulating online speech and expanding digital ID systems, governments are turning the natural right to free expression into a licensed activity.
Moralizing Markets: Vatican Bank Wades into Faith-Based Indexing
Can the Holy See and other normative authorities harness profit-seeking systems… without undermining their purpose?
Sweet Supply and Bitter Scarcity: Why Your Valentine’s Chocolates Cost More This Year
From West African cocoa policy to weather shocks and trade barriers, the price of Kisses and truffles is shaped by a whole world before it hits your supermarket shelf.
Tariffs, AI, and the Golden Age of Executive Power
Centralizing policy through executive action and governance "emergencies" is eroding the republic’s foundations.
Saudi Arabia Didn’t Learn Anything From China’s ‘Ghost Cities’
Cities cannot be engineered from above — only grown from real human demand.
Liberty Creates Abundance: How Free Markets Feed Families
Decentralized markets and free choices make Thanksgiving possible. Central planning promises food security, but capitalism delivers it.
Frankenstein’s Money Press: How Washington Unleashed the Modern Monetary Monster
Governments thought they could summon endless wealth from thin air. Instead, Modern Monetary Theory unleashed inflation, eroded trust, and left the Fed cornered by its own creation.
Semiconductor Giants with Tech-Industrial Ambitions
With CHIPS Act subsidies, acquisitions, and now federal ownership shares in Intel, semiconductor makers are accruing a lot of political power. That won't be good news for technical innovation.
From Draining the Swamp to Owning Intel: How the Right Became What It Feared
What began as a promise to limit Washington’s power ended with politicians holding seats at corporate boardrooms.
