California to phase out gas powered lawn equipment and generators
It’s official: California’s powerful Air Resources Board has passed new rules that will phase out the sale of gasoline-powered lawn equipment and generators. The aim isn’t to make your weekends…
King Coal isn’t dead yet
The road to an all-renewable energy future is still filled with potholes, as there now appears to be a shortage of that most hated of all fossil fuels, coal. Coal…
Private inflation gauge shows prices rising faster than government measure
With the government’s measure of inflation now running at 40-years highs, there’s talk about how much the official data may understate the actual price increases people are seeing in the…
The tax hike that could smother Democratic incumbents in 2022
Buried within the Democrats’ sprawling Build Back Better proposal was a tax masquerading as a fee pretending to be a solution to global warming. And it will hit most Americans…
Elizabeth Warren’s economic illiteracy is showing (again)
It’s no secret that many members of the political class have no idea how markets work, let alone the factors that influence and determine prices. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth warren demonstrated…
Biden administration doubles down on industrial policy
The Biden administration is redoubling its efforts to win House approval of legislation that would offer tens of billions of dollars of federal subsidies to semiconductor makers who relocate their…
How high taxes support black markets
Some state governments – like California – are puzzled to find that a black market for marijuana still flourishes despite legalization. The problem isn’t legalization – it’s the sky-high taxes…
The long term damage tariffs inflict on American workers and companies
One thing the Biden administration has in common with the Trump administration is tariffs. Trump slapped tariffs on a numbers of goods from different nations – and Biden has shown…
Build Back Better would have devastated the prescription drug market
Among the array of policy prescriptions that were embedded in the Biden administration’s now-bricked Build Back Better proposal was a destructive nostrum that isn’t getting nearly the attention it should….
Let currency competition flourish
As governments like India move toward banning private crypto currencies, believing they pose a threat to state control, there is a strong case to allow cryptocurrencies to flourish alongside fiat…