Tariff Walls and Trade Wars Equal Government Planning
Trade wars are dangerous and harmful policies for governments to pursue. They hurt consumers due to higher prices and fewer alternatives; they reduce competitive…
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Consumer Demand Does Not Lead to Jobs and Output
By Jai Khemani Jai recently got 2 A*s and an A in his A levels and is now looking forward to university. Jai is particularly…
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Keynote Speech Published in German Economics Journal ORDO
My keynote speech at the Future of Money Conference in Leipzig last year has been published in ORDO, one of the oldest and most…
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The Welfare State Has Failed
By Jai Khemani Jai recently got 2 A*s and an A in his A levels and is now looking forward to university. Jai is particularly…
Read MoreIf GDP Lags, Watch the Economy GO
The Bureau of Economic Analysis will release its preliminary first-quarter growth figure on Friday. According to the Atlanta Fed consensus tracker, economists are predicting…
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I.T. bites
“Mark Zuckerberg is now living out every young person’s worst nightmare: trying to explain how tech stuff works to the nation’s elderly.” Tweet by…
Read MoreMy Op-ed in CityAM on Monetary Reform
“This week, the first Annual Summit on Economic Freedom will take place in the European parliament. I will have the pleasure of debating with…
Read MoreReasons for Anti-Capitalism: Ignorance, Arrogance, and Envy
Why is the free enterprise or capitalist economic system so widely disliked, hated and opposed? Given the success of the competitive market economy to…
Read MoreHow to Win a Great-Power Competition: Alliances, Aid, and Diplomacy in the Last Struggle for Global Influence
The United States is confronted with a condition in the world which is at direct variance with the assumptions upon which [our foreign] policies…
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A monster in plain sight
“Interesting. Sex works even better than chocolate to modify behaviour. I wonder if anyone else has stumbled onto that.” Sheldon Cooper (Jim…
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