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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.
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...
Lately, James Lindsay has burned much of his credibility in attacking largely non-interventionist right-wingers as “Woke Right.”
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 end of Syria’s secular regime comes yet another devasting blow to the dwindling communities of Christians in the Levant and the Middle...
Gaza was always a ghetto, which came in handy for preparing the local population for liquidation after October 2023.
A central doctrine of the Keynesian system is the “liquidity trap” in which consumers hold money in anticipation of higher interest rates. The act...
A new study at UC Berkeley claims that California‘s new $20 minimum wage has had no adverse economic effects. If only that were true.
A new study from the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at UC Berkeley claims that California‘s new $20 fast food minimum wage...
After spending 25 years as a columnist for the New York Times, Paul Krugman is finally retiring from that position—25 years too late, if...
Government spending does not reflect true economic value the way personal spending does.
David Glasner shares his perspectives on the famous Sraffa-Hayek debate, a topic on which he has expressed disagreement with Bob in print.
After spending 25 years as a columnist for the New York Times, Paul Krugman is finally retiring from that position—25 years too late, if...
The US went to war 83 years ago today with Japan‘s attack on Pearl Harbor. It ended with Japan‘s surrender after US bombers dropped...