Each work day, I listen to one or two podcasts as I drive to and from the university. My go-to podcasts each morning were the…
Almost Classical
We vote against people and groups, rarely for a political leader in whom we believe. Research and polling suggest negative partisanship now guides most voting…
A constant annoyance on social media is the constant, and generally unprovoked, attacks on “libertarians” who apparently belong to a cabal ready to destroy the…
How can anyone, conservative, libertarian, liberal, progressive, or whatever, reflect on the confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court associate justice and be pleased…
Long ago, Congress surrendered its legislative authority to regulators, because that was easier than developing and passing clearly written laws. There was a somewhat reasonable…
The Senate offers a Supreme Court nominations table, which reveals that throughout most of the history of the United States justices were nominated and confirmed…
Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office. It won’t happen, but it should. Everything Michael Cohen said in court, and much of what his lawyer…
What is the academic discipline of economics? The answer has changed over time. Today economics departments find themselves aligned with social sciences, data analytics, statistics, and business,…
I’m not a fan of the European summer vacation, with everyone trying to take the same time away from work. I had to deal with…
What is capital and why does everything require capital of some type? Depending on the economist consulted, the forms of capital are: Human Capital Social Capital…