If liberals, progressives, and even Marxists are most common in history and political science departments within universities, then it goes to reason that these fields…
Posts published in “Economics”
Who in the world is President Donald Trump listening to on economic policy matters? I cannot be any well-read economists, economic historians, or similarly educated…
Duke University historian Nancy MacLean is currently a trendy historian who spent 2017 touring and promoting her book Democracy in Chains. The book has some…
Research has indicated that first-generation students from lower- and middle-class households are more likely to select business, science, and technology degree majors than their more…
The United States has $20 trillion in debt as of February 12, 2018. The current fiscal year deficit is $715 billion and we’re only at…
In 2016 I posted about the value of reading Peter Vallentyne, Hillel Steiner, and Michael Otsuka. These left-libertarian thinkers remain influential in my life. Online…
When I read recent stories that regulations don’t burden business, I was stunned. The stories (and the studies cited) mentioned how relatively minor compliance costs…
Americans, especially exurban and rural Americans, distrust the federal government to spend tax revenues wisely. The great divide in the United States is Urban-vs-Rural —…
The marginal and effective U.S. income tax rates mentioned in my 2011 post The 90 Percent Tax Myth have been supported by research conducted by Thomas Piketty…
Democracy in Chains by Historian Nancy MacLean was worthy of a few online posts earlier this summer, when I first read a loaned copy and was…