The Domino Theory Revived
The ancient city of Mosul is in ruins. Racca in Syria is next. Aleppo, Ramadi, Kobane, and a dozen other cities in Afghanistan, Yemen,...
Economic History: A Sadly Short Shelf Life.
American leaders who care about political and economic freedom and believe in free markets are being challenged by authoritarians who...
Why "They" Hate Us
​Twenty-two years ago in 1995, the pollster and political analyst Stan Greenberg asked why Democrats and President Clinton had failed “to...
Mourning Brexit
Brexit, the short-sighted decision by British voters to leave the European Union, will take years to implement. But for Americans, it is...
Upcoming Presentation: August 15
On Monday, August 15, I will be giving a presentation as a part of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) Distinguished...
A Martini or Two to Economic History!
The wonderful Australian-born economist, Arthur Smithies, became a warm friend of mine one summer long ago in Saigon. I drank beer, he...
Two Percent Unemployment
Real full employment would be better than a hundred government programs for working people. Many of them, and especially white men, are...
Angry Electorates - 1912 and 2016
Working people are angry in large measure because the tech-heavy gig economy is replacing one where jobs demanded fewer skills and...
America’s Glorious European Alliances
U.S. ties to Europe and the alliance systems the U.S. has promoted since World War II have been a glorious success. Sadly they are under...
Conservatives Favored Deficits Before Keynes
Originally Published on the Huffington Post Believe it or not aggressive deficit spending was a conservative idea before it was a liberal...
