Government

  • Don’t Look Up: The Allegory We’ve Been Waiting For

    “McKay’s dark satire about the inability to warn most people of impending danger before it’s too late should resonate with all who strive for sound money, fiscal sobriety, personal responsibility, and limited government.” ~ Peter C. Earle

    Don’t Look Up: The Allegory We’ve Been Waiting For
  • From Darkness to Light

    “As long as people believe the current anointed, such as Dr. Fauci, are trusted societal screenwriters the lessons of history, economics, and the laws of power will not be learned. We will continue to deny our responsibility to oppose anyone claiming to be anointed.” ~ Barry Brownstein

    From Darkness to Light
  • What Killed the Red Cars Is Still Killing Transit

    “Cars are superior to transit alternatives for the vast majority of individuals and circumstances. Policies which will punish the majority for whom driving remains far superior cannot effectively serve all residents’ interests.” ~ Gary M. Galles

    What Killed the Red Cars Is Still Killing Transit
  • “Zero Risk” Is Too Risky for Me

    “Patrick Henry declared under a much greater risk environment, ‘Give me liberty, or give me death!’ My request is not so audacious. I seek the liberty we had even if it comes with a slight uptick in risk.” ~ Jon Sanders

    “Zero Risk” Is Too Risky for Me
  • The Value of Work

    “If the Great Resignation has taught us anything, it is this. No one fully understands what is happening in American labor markets. Our economy is still changing rapidly, but that’s not the only variable. Workers are changing too.” ~ Rachel Lu

    The Value of Work
  • Liberties Are Only Kept Safe by the Limitation of Government Power

    “Richard Henry Lee’s generation had learned of the need to keep government within narrow limits, as there are very few areas in which it can advance our general welfare, as opposed to some Americans’ welfare at other Americans’ expense.” ~ Gary M. Galles

    Liberties Are Only Kept Safe by the Limitation of Government Power
  • Can DAOs Revive Civil Society?

    “New technology could help to revive America’s flagging civil society. DAOs significantly lower the costs of association, empowering individuals to create solutions to social problems free from governmental burdens.” ~ David Waugh & Robert E. Wright

    Can DAOs Revive Civil Society?
  • A Deeper Dive into PIT’s Latest Passenger Numbers

    “Billions of federal dollars have kept airports open and planes in the air with practically no airport layoffs when traffic was greatly depressed, producing enormous increased operations costs not borne by ticket prices.” ~ Colin McNickle

    A Deeper Dive into PIT’s Latest Passenger Numbers
  • 2021 In 21 Numbers

    “In retrospect, 2021 looks more and more like 1979. Here are 21 noteworthy data points–prices, percentages, dates and other forms of quantitative information–that highlight or exemplify certain developments in 2021, the second year of the pandemic.” ~ Peter C. Earle

    2021 In 21 Numbers
  • Trade-Offs in Economics

    “Real-world complications highlight the limits of applying the basic idea of trade-offs in economics, but even with these complications, understanding this one basic economic principle offers powerful insights into consumer choice, economic growth, and international trade.” ~ Robert F. Mulligan

    Trade-Offs in Economics
  • Politics is Dead. Now What?

    “A revolution in entrepreneurship – subversive innovation – is the tip of the spear for societal change. Never forget that you are launching your attack from the highest moral high ground of all: consent. Your enemies will have to fight you from the low perch of compulsion.” ~ Max Borders

    Politics is Dead. Now What?
  • Echoes of the Vietnam War: Journalists Begin To Take a Stand

    “You can’t give the lie the same credence as the truth or you will hide in false equivalence and fail the public. Even journalists I know who are socially and politically conservative are signing on to the idea that they must take a stand for the truth.” ~ Llewellyn King

    Echoes of the Vietnam War: Journalists Begin To Take a Stand