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Trump, DOGE, and the Machiavellians

The Trump administration is spending greater than the Biden administration, in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. That is no small feat, because the proxies that stood in for the senile and incontinent former president spent at an…

Silicon Valley Humanists

Silicon Valley Humanists

Silicon Valley Humanists … the trail ahead will contain a reconciliation of a dedication to the free market, and its atomization and isolation of particular person desires and desires, with the insatiable human need for some type of collective expertise…

Nice Huge Ugly Surveillance State

On March 20, President Trump signed an govt order “Eliminating Info Silos.” The order directed heads of federal companies to ensure officers designated by the president “have full and immediate entry to all unclassified company information, knowledge, software program programs,…

RFK Jr. Performed a Pointless Vaccine Purge

RFK Jr. Conducted a Pointless Vaccine Purge

The Wall Avenue Journal ran a letter co-authored by Charley Hooper and me at the moment (print model tomorrow.) I’ve hesitated to cite greater than 2 paragraphs however I believe my contract that permits full citation solely after 30 days applies…

Does the “Financial system” Really Exist?

Frequently varied “consultants” within the discipline of economics make feedback on the state of the “economic system.” For example, they report that the “economic system” grew by such and such proportion, or that the widening within the commerce account deficit…

Ending Subsidies to Amtrak Will Profit Rail Vacationers

Keep in mind the glamorous days of practice journey? Just like the twentieth Century Restricted connecting New York and Chicago? In 1928, the favored twentieth Century Restricted exemplified the profitability of passenger rail. But, instances have modified, and America’s passenger…

Mission completed?

Mission accomplished?

A latest Bloomberg article prompt that the Fed ought to declare victory over inflation: Granted, it could really feel untimely, if not foolhardy, to declare “mission completed” on inflation. It’s not simply the rise in tariffs and the autumn in…

My Weekly Studying for June 15, 2025

My Weekly Reading for June 15, 2025

First, to all of the fathers on the market, Completely happy Father’s Day. Walmart and Amazon Are Exploring Issuing Their Personal Stablecoins by Gina Heeb, AnnaMaria Andriotis, and Josh Dawsey, Wall Road Journal, June 13, 2025 (digital version) Excerpt: A…