Financial

The Public School Shell Game Makes Phantom Daycares Look Tiny

In a stunning development, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz dropped out of the 2026 gubernatorial race after his state was exposed…

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Cutting Public Broadcasting Is Politically Potent But Fiscally Irrelevant

On top of a mountain in Yosemite in September last year, with the nation’s fiscal troubles and the size of…

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Are Institutions Buying Up Single-Family Homes?

The White House announced last week that it is “taking steps” to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.…

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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Levels Off in December 2025

Note: The December 2025 readings for both the Consumer Price Index and the Everyday Price Index should be viewed as…

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China’s Rare Earth ‘Monopoly’ — and Why Markets Will Break It

With its recent announcement of a trade deal with China, the White House intended to reassure markets, manufacturers, and the…

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The Powell Affair and the Limits of The Fed’s Immunity

The latest clash between President Trump, Federal Reserve Chair Powell, and the Department of Justice has been widely portrayed as…

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Tariffs, AI, and the Golden Age of Executive Power

One year ago, Donald Trump took office, swearing an oath to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United…

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How Money Laundering Became a Catch-All Excuse to Bully and Surveil

At the Bitcoin conference in Nashville in July of 2024, then-candidate Donald Trump made a campaign promise to end the…

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Why I Pledge Allegiance to the Constitution — Not the Flag

I don’t much care for the pledge of allegiance. This got me into a bit of hot water when I…

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Five Years After GameStop: What the Squeeze Actually Changed

In early 2021, a declining video game retailer unexpectedly became the epicenter of one of the most extraordinary episodes in…

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