Don’t Oversell China’s Economic Crisis Joseph Solis-Mullen says don't overstate China's economic challenges. "Much of the recent news has focused on China’s stock market struggles and the broader slowdown in its economy. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has rolled Undisciplined Oct 3, 2024, 10:05 PM
Overtime Tax Exemption: Pros and Cons By D.W. MacKenzie "Pursuit of tax cuts without spending cuts leads to continuous debt accumulation, which is really just as bad as higher than necessary tax rates." For the record, I disagree with that quote, but that's neither here Undisciplined Oct 3, 2024, 8:34 PM
Why the Fed's Two-Percent Inflation Target Is Meaningless By Ryan McMaken "In recent years we have repeatedly seen how the Federal Reserve’s much-touted two-percent price-inflation goal is little more than a political slogan." originally posted at… Undisciplined Oct 3, 2024, 7:57 PM
How sick is it that this was the only thing all three major presidential candidates agreed on?… Undisciplined Oct 3, 2024, 1:56 PM
Wage Stagflation: The Government’s All-Out War on the Middle Class The government hates you and your neighbors, Thomas Eddlem argues in his latest article. "And this measly 10% increase in gross pre-tax pay over the past five decades happened during a time the workforce became much Undisciplined Oct 2, 2024, 10:30 PM
Progress from Poverty David Gordon reviews How Nations Escape Poverty: Vietnam, Poland, and the Origins of Prosperity by Rainer Zitelmann "After the Indochina War, Vietnam was one of the poorest countries in the world, but dramatic free-market reforms have made this formerly socialist country prosperous." originally posted Undisciplined Oct 2, 2024, 8:37 PM
Understanding the Action Axiom: How It Shapes the Structure of Society By Allen Gindler "Central to the paradigm of Austrian economics is the action axiom. People act, and they act purposefully. That knowledge alone permits us to construct an entire set of theories that explains economic life." originally Undisciplined Oct 2, 2024, 7:59 PM