Stefan Bartl
Taxing, Borrowing, and Printing: Three Ways America Pays for Government
Tax bills are only the beginning. Borrowing and inflation also finance federal spending — in ways that are easier to ignore but harder to escape.
April Fools for America First? Higher Prices and New War
The President returned to office on promises to lower costs at home and restore our reputation abroad. Americans got the opposite.
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.
