Economics
The Milken Center in D.C is a shrine to capitalism
The brand-new Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream is weirdly evasive about capitalism's messy entanglement with the state. One might have expected that topic to come up, given the museum's location:…
Yes, the middle class is shrinking—because it’s moving up
"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify nearly all government interventions, from tariffs to minimum-wage hikes to massive spending to…
Government should have more economic control
Whatever debilitating brain parasite burrowed into the gray matter of American politics over the last decade-plus has resulted in some astonishing transformations. One of the biggest has been the reshaping of the once…
Billionaires are fleeing California to avoid a proposed wealth tax
The ultrarich are leaving California as a result of a proposed billionaire tax. "Eat the rich" may be a popular rallying cry, but it's not viable public policy. The ballot measure, which was submitted in…
Trump’s war on interest rates
With a pair of moves over the weekend, President Donald Trump signaled his intention to bully various institutions into providing lower interest rates for American consumers and the federal government. First, Trump called for…
Mike Johnson says he won’t allow compromise on Hyde Amendment after Trump urges ‘flexibility’
Fri Jan 9, 2026 - 10:16 am EST (LifeSiteNews) — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has said he won’t “allow” a compromise on the Hyde Amendment after Trump’s suggestion that Republicans may need to be “flexible” on federal…
Trump says he will ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes
Thu Jan 8, 2026 - 4:29 pm EST WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes. “For a very long time, buying and owning…
Constitutional expert calls for Canadians to stop gov’t ‘assault’ on internet freedoms
Tue Jan 6, 2026 - 9:18 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) – One of Canada’s top constitutional legal experts warned that Canadians must remain vigilant and that being lazy is “no excuse” to stand by and allow the “takeover” of “free…
Polymarket returns to U.S. users after a nearly 3-year hiatus
Talk is cheap—but Polymarket lets you put your money where your mouth is. Nearly four years after being shut down by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the online betting company that allows you to stake money…
Why America’s inequality story doesn’t add up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ufXVXqXvYo If you're like most Americans, you get the bulk of your cardio from marching in—or fleeing from—pitchfork-wielding mobs. These days, those mobs tend to be chasing oligarchs…
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