Shortage of Adult Workers Makes Teens Employable Again
My son recently underwent what was once a common rite of passage: his first job. He now balances the demands of schooling with cleaning toilets, stocking shelves, and bagging groceries …
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Communism Destroyed Russian Cooking
Reason‘s December special issue marks the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. This story is part of our exploration of the global legacy of that evil empire, …
Inflation Will Make Government Budget Problems Worse
Inflation is a hot topic now, with comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell looking like veiled hints as to when (no longer if) the Fed will get serious about …
Cryptocurrency Quotes for Investors Who Don’t Need No Fed
“If you buy something like Bitcoin or some cryptocurrency, you don’t have anything that is producing anything. You’re just hoping the next guy pays more. And you only feel you’ll …
Democrats Have a Lot of Bad Ideas for Tax Reform
Passing an enormous, (theoretically) paid-for spending bill that pleases all the various factions within the Democratic Party was never going to be easy. But the current framework that Democrats have …
Biden’s ‘Climate-Resilient Economy’ Roadmap Is Largely Superfluous
The Biden administration believes that private companies and markets are not effectively pricing into their calculations the effects of man-made climate change on housing, stocks and bonds, physical assets, crop …
Natural Experiments Make the Case for Liberty
Cleo McVicker made soap in Cincinnati. Then came the Great Depression. By 1933, his company reeling, McVicker pitched the Kroger grocery store chain on a new product: a cleanser designed …
High Inflation Is Here To Stay
News that the September Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 5.4 percent on a year-over-year basis should be evidence enough for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, White House economists, and …
If Democrats Truly Wanted To Level the Playing Field, They’d End Crony Corporate Handouts
How to best ensure substantial long-run economic growth should be a question on everyone’s mind. Its benefits can’t be overstated, and it’s undeniable that the lack of growth is a …
Biden’s Inflation Scapegoat Is ‘Profiteering’
When July’s all-item Consumer Price Index (CPI) registered 5.4 percent year-over-year growth—a level of inflation which essentially takes away a year’s income growth for low-wage earners—it was all but assured …
