The easiest way to raise taxes? Let inflation rip. The more inflation, the more government gains—ordinary people lose as a result. READ MORE »

On Monetary Growth and Inflation in Leading Economies, 2021-2022 Relative Prices and the Overall Price Level By Steve H. Hanke, John Greenwood, OBE

California’s Gov. Newsom should take a cue from Argentina’s Javier Milei. He took over a nation in worse financial straits than California—then reduced state spending, cut in half the number of government ministries, and halted new infrastructure projects. It’s working. READ MORE »
 

Why are the most disruptive pro-Palestinian protests, with the most troubling anti-Semitic overtones, concentrated at the richest campuses, led by the most privileged students? Why are we (and big donors) subsidizing these shenanigans? READ MORE »
 

There has to be a better alternative to the hawkish internationalism of Biden and Trump’s equally aggressive Jacksonian nationalism. A newfound modesty and restraint in U.S. foreign policy might be just the ticket. Global economic multipolarity makes this possible—unless we are hooked on self-assertion. READ MORE »

In Search of Monsters to Destroy The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace By Christopher J. Coyne