I’ve shared lots of socialism humor and communism humor, but only a few examples of economics humor. So let’s use today’s column as an opportunity to augment that limited collection. We’ll start with a couple of items about the minimum wage. I wrote a column back in 2009 about why unions support a higher minimum […]

The inscribed copy of Trump’s book sold for more than $54,000.

As explained in this video by Dennis Prager, communism is an evil ideology that has led to the murder of more than 100 million people and the enslavement of hundreds of millions more. All decent people should not only reject communism, but also ostracize anybody who offers support or sympathy for communism. We are (or […]

Dans un contexte de pénurie mondiale de semi-conducteurs, l’empire du Milieu tente de mettre les bouchées doubles pour atteindre « l’indépendance technologique » qui fait défaut à son économie.

The airlines said federal law “supersedes” any state action, a blow to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

I freely admit that I don’t like President Biden’s fiscal agenda in part because of my libertarianism. Simply stated, I’m instinctively skeptical when someone wants to expand government. But I’m also an economist who believes in cost-benefit analysis. Moreover, I recognize that there are “public goods” that the private sector can’t – or isn’t allowed […]

Conservatives were ridiculed for objecting to the sexual orientation of a comic book character.

Vous n’avez pas suivi l’actualité durant le week-end ? Voici ce qu’il faut retenir de ces dernières quarante-huit heures.

BAGHDAD — Iraqis voted Sunday in parliamentary elections held months ahead of schedule as a concession to a youth-led popular uprising against corruption and mismanagement. But the voting was marked by widespread apathy and a boycott by many of the young activists who thronged the streets of Baghdad and Iraq’s southern provinces in late 2019. […]

I’ve been recently receiving lots of good material for our collection of communism humor. I shared items in both August and September, and now we have a new batch for October. The first bit of satire shows that it’s better to be victimized by capitalism than communism. The second item in our collection is a […]

A U.S. court of appeals has temporarily stayed the injunction on the Texas abortion law while it reviews the state’s request to restore the near-total abortion ban “as soon as possible.” The temporary stay means that Texas courts can proceed with cases under the new Texas abortion law, known as S.B. 8, while the appeals […]

The man who once shielded Trump’s tax returns has been an ally on social policy and tax enforcement.

At the start of 2018, Cape Town became the world’s first major city to face the prospect of completely running out of fresh water.

Audio is not supported in your browser Remember the supposedly breathtaking revelations from the “Panama Papers” back in 2016? We were told those stolen documents were an indictment against so-called tax havens, but the real lesson was that politicians and other government insiders are very prone to corruption. Well, it’s happened again. Thieves stole millions […]