The tariffs and other government distortions embedded in the Biden infrastructure package
The Biden administration’s infrastructure bill is supposed to bring new roads, bridges, fiber optic cable, and much more to a nation supposedly starved for all of it. But as we…
On economic illiteracy and government debt
When governments run deficits, paying for current programs with borrowed money, they impose burdens on future taxpayers. Those unlucky souls have to repay that money, with interest. How do they…
One reason for delays at America’s ports? A union contract that stands in the way of progress
The headlines tell us that tens of thousands of shipping containers are waiting to be unloaded at the nation’s ports. But owing to labor shortages, the ships and their cargoes…
There’s still no such thing as a free lunch
Progressives are angry at Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema’s objection to a massive $3.5 trillion spending package. Like many partisans on the left, there’s a belief the government can spend whatever…