>"The Republican promise is to cut taxes and regulation. But the numbers show just how badly that argument has failed"

This is a good column. Also worth noting Dems’ “solution” here— antitrust— isn’t going to actually do anything and no credible economist that I can identify thinks it will.

"No, blockchain won’t democratize finance. Instead, we need to assemble groups of citizens to deliberate on where public investment should go."

"Working Americans – many of whom voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 – are being shafted. Biden needs to deliver for them now or risk losing"

>"How Social Media, Zero-Commission Brokerages, and the "Democratization of Finance" Have Changed the Investing World Forever"

>"Michael J. Boskin worries that hyperbole and budget gimmickry have derailed public policy debates in the United States."

"Inflation was not caused by the Democrats — it was caused by the coronavirus pandemic."

"The world has changed too profoundly for nostalgia to be a sane response. Be it on the right or the left, going back to the past is a fantasy. Yet some things remain the same. Human beings must act collectively as well as individually. _...Read More_

"Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan should revitalize its economy through “new capitalism" and many in this country are puzzled over exactly what he has in mind"

"By fleeing to the political extremes, a co-equal House of Congress is abdicating its lawmaking power."

"The big unanswered question at the heart of Democrats’ health care agenda."

"Congressional Democrats should stop trying to win a staring contest with Mitch McConnell over the debt limit, and pursue the (effective) abolition of the debt ceiling through the budget reconciliation process."

"The measure now heads to the Senate, setting up a clash with Republicans, who have warned they will block any debt ceiling increase."

>"A plan for the economy, education, immigration, climate and more binds disparate Democratic lawmakers, but the proposal risks sinking under its own weight."

The heaviest users of cigarettes and other tobacco products tend to be middle-income or lower-income Americans, federal data shows. As many as 80 percent of smokers have incomes less than $200,000 annually, according to data presented to _...Read More_