Economy
A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, Two Volumes
A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, selected and arranged, with a preface, by Theodore Sedgwick, in two...
The Economic Nationalists Are Wrong: Free Trade Means Freedom and Prosperity
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a debate about the morality of capitalism between James Otteson and Michael Anton,...
The Putrid Underbelly of Woke Capitalism
American corporations are lavishing billions of dollars on leftist groups in the name of "equity." But many of them also...
The Street of the Palaces
[In this 1836 editorial, William Leggett laments how Wall Street and the "privileged" orders of the American upper class employ the...
Individualism in the US Has Helped Make It an Economic Success
Immigration has raised concerns in some about America’s demographic future. Some propose that an influx of migrants with foreign worldviews...
The Failure of Public Works and Public Funding
Shoddy service, regular breakdowns, and overbudget to boot. There is a reason why government-funded projects always waste resources. Original Article:...
Higher Corporate Profit Margins Aren’t Causing Inflation
It is hard to ignore the headlines about US corporate profit margins stabilizing at their highest level in decades. This...
Biden’s New Intersectionality: Where Equity Policies Meet Bad Economics
The Biden administration has decided that the REAL problem with housing is that the wrong people are saving money and...
Republicans Fail on the Debt Ceiling in 2023
The United States House of Representatives’ passage of the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 is a big Republican failure...
In the Event of an Official US Bankruptcy
Economically speaking, the US government is bankrupt even if the government won’t admit what is obvious. But how would an actual...
