It’s always a bad idea to let politicians and bureaucrats invest with other people’s money.
Daily Analysis
The Chinese Miracle and the Economics of Growth
A look at China’s uneven reforms.
My Presidential Choice
A man of classical liberal principles.
Please, Hillary, Don’t Make America More Like Europe
It’s depressing to think that some American politicians want to copy European failure.
Assessing Trump’s Acceptance Speech at the GOP Convention: Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers
Unimpressive performance from the so-called fact checkers.
A Very Depressing Chart on Creeping Cronyism in the American Economy
Sometimes profits increase for the wrong reasons.
Tax Complexity Is a Tax on Paying Taxes
The tax code is much worse than most people realize.
Free Markets and Small Government vs. Redistributionism and State Planning
A simple matrix for comparing governmental systems.
Thomas Sowell on the Economics of Redistribution: Quicksand at One End and Beatings at the other End
The foolishness of the welfare state.
Fighting Terrorism: Europe vs. Texas
Gun control is not an answer to Islamist terrorism.










