by Andrew Moran | Feb 25, 2024 | Articles, Business News, Good Reads, Opinion
Since climbing to the top of the Argentine mountain with his chainsaw, President Javier Milei has piled up victories – and the fun is just getting started. From achieving budget surpluses to boosting supply in the housing market, his ascent to the presidency has...
by Andrew Moran | Oct 13, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
It has become almost accepted that politicians break their promises. Whether it is to balance the budget or achieve an ambitious goal outlined in their campaign platforms, the electorate already anticipates that they will always fall short of their pledges. By now, we...
by Sarah Cowgill | Oct 8, 2019 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues
Couch surfers, basement dwellers, and welfare-system abusers are rejoicing at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) latest harebrained scheme to rally votes for the progressive radical left. While her Green New Deal struggles on life support – surviving only by the...
by Andrew Moran | Sep 16, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics
Every day, there is some politician – mostly of the leftist persuasion – who convincingly champions education or health care as a human right. Once the populace accepts this premise, the people start believing that a simple wish is now a human right, whether it is a...
by Andrew Moran | Aug 21, 2017 | Economic Affairs News
Legendary free market economist Milton Friedman once said, “Governments never learn. Only people learn.” The law of unintended consequences has reared its ugly head in Seattle, where politicians approved a new ban on landlords running criminal background checks on...