October 30, 2022

Federalism and the Great Reset

Governments, international organizations, and multinational businesses increasingly advance elements of the Great Reset, including, DEI, ESG, and ending use of fossil fuels. The Biden administration’s actions since January 2021 demons...

May 27, 2022

Price controls and the war on fossil fuels

Most economic analyses of the House's Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Protection Act have focused on the impact of price controls.  But viewing this bill in the context of eliminating gas-powered vehicles yields different insights. To ph...

April 22, 2022

Medicine as a Subjective Good

Americans’ freedom was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic in part to prevent overwhelming the health care system. A shortage of hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) beds allegedly justified some of the most radical suspensions of liberty ...

May 21, 2021

Tornadoes: The New Normal That Wasn’t

Tornadoes killed 553 Americans in 2011, the deadliest year since 1925.  May 22 marks the 10th anniversary of the Joplin, Missouri tornado that killed 161, the first triple-digit toll since 1953.  The U.S. had been averaging 60 tornado death...