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California economist and resident/victim William Anderson joins us to talk about the absurdity of California’s bullet train plan, and how it ignores economic realities.
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California economist and resident/victim William Anderson joins us to talk about the absurdity of California’s bullet train plan, and how it ignores economic realities.
Lately, James Lindsay has burned much of his credibility in attacking largely non-interventionist right-wingers as “Woke Right.”
Like presidents before him, Donald Trump is using the IRS as a weapon against organizations he doesn‘t like. Richard Nixon did the same thing—and...
The Fed is now hemmed in by a rising risk of stagflation. It doesn‘t know where the economy is headed, or is unwilling to...
With the election of Donald Trump, we are seeing repeated use of another F-word to describe the direction America is going: fascist. But is...
As Joseph Schumpeter noted, markets need “creative destruction” to survive and advance. However, Europe‘s Digital Market Act (DMA)—while written to ostensibly protect competition—gives the...
Amy LePore joins Bob to talk about FEMA’s poor track record in recent disasters but also going back to Hurricane Katrina.
Modern academic economics is based upon the methodologies used to study the natural sciences. However, such methodologies are inappropriate to study economics, which must...
Unfortunately, we find that today’s MAGA economics is in many ways a retread of the failed supply-side economics of old.
Nigeria has large oil deposits, educated people, and much economic potential. However, thanks to government intervention, Nigeria‘s promising economy is in shambles and no...
One of contentious parts of the history of the American Civil War is the question of whether southern blacks served as soldiers in the...
Jerome Powell yesterday struck a far more cautious tone on price inflation and stated “The economy is not sending any signals that we need...