Stefan Bartl
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.
From Tea Party Patriotism to Economic Nationalism: How the Right Gave Up on Small Government
The Republican Party once preached a creed of limited government and balanced budgets. With state control, tariffs, and deficits all rising, that ethical restraint appears to be long gone.
The Merchant Republic: America at 249
The first nation founded on principles, not tribe, has become an economic powerhouse. Immigration, innovation, and institutions each contributed to its national greatness.
The Great COVID Exodus: How the Pandemic Sparked a Tax Revolt
Americans are no longer afraid to uproot their lives in pursuit of greater freedom, efficiency, and dignity—and the COVID-19 pandemic is a big reason why.
The Global AI Race: the US Creates, China Copies, and the EU Regulates
The global landscape for artificial intelligence is being shaped by three dominant forces, each with distinctly different agendas.
