The Student Loan Shell Game: Young Americans Will Soon Realize Debt Forgiveness Isn’t a Good Deal
In the shell game, a street corner huckster places a ball underneath one of three cups. Then after moving the...
The Government Is Not Only Spending Trillions — It’s Losing Trillions
Lately, no matter if the federal government is spending taxpayer dollars or losing them, it doesn’t mess around with small...
Money Flooding Into US From Overseas
Money from overseas is pouring into the US capital markets, which foreign investors regard as a haven in a world...
Price Controls Have Failed for 4,000 Years—and Humans Still Haven’t Learned
The people of ancient Eshnunna can be forgiven for not understanding why price controls are harmful. Today’s policymakers, who have...
Volcker and the Great Inflation: Reflections for 2022
The celebrated Paul Volcker (1927-2019) became Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 43 years ago on August 6, 1979. The...
No Deal with Iran Is Better than a Bad Deal
A new nuclear deal with Iran appears close to being reached in Vienna. For the past 18 months, talks have...
Can Central Banks Maintain Their Autonomy?
Over the last three decades, the Fed and its counterparts have enjoyed wide latitude in trying to control inflation. Recent...
“Reclaim America from Constitutionalism”: Law Professors Now Call to “Pack the States” Rather than “Pack the Court”
Below is my column on the increasing condemnations of “constitutionalism” as the root of our problems as a nation. The...
