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Memo to the Fed: Money Matters
New regulations meant to make banks safer will only destroy money and slow down growth.
Steve H. Hanke | Commentary | May 5, 2023
You’ll Never Woke Alone
Under wokeness and incivility, college enrollments continue to decline.
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | May 1, 2023
Why Are There Drug Shortages?
John C. Goodman | Commentary | Apr. 19, 2023
Is Anti-Sweatshop Activism Making Bangladeshis Poorer?
Benjamin Powell | Commentary | Apr. 17, 2023
California Defaults on $18.5 Billion Debt, Leaving State Businesses Holding the Bag
Lee E. Ohanian | Commentary | Apr. 14, 2023
It’s Destructive and Unfair to Tax ‘Unrealized Capital Gains’
They reflect expected profits, which often fail to materialize, and the levy wouldn’t hit only the rich.
Richard B. McKenzie | Commentary | Apr. 14, 2023
Professors Feel the Impact of Higher Education’s Collapse
College is too expensive, too high-risk, and too woke, and, as a result, professors are facing lower inflation-adjusted salaries.
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | Apr. 13, 2023
Higher Education and the Law of Diminishing Returns
Shortening the average time-to-degree makes economic sense.
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | Apr. 5, 2023
DeSantis’ View on Ukraine Should Not Be Dismissed
Ivan Eland | Commentary | Apr. 3, 2023
Biden’s Nominees Are a Display of Liberal Incompetence
Julie Su seems just as fit for the role as Biden’s other nominees; that is, not at all.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Commentary | Apr. 3, 2023






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