RFK Jr. Says Big Pharma is Corrupt, but the Media Can’t Talk About the Source of Corruption
It’s sort of striking that as RFK Jr.’s nomination is being considered, there is almost zero discussion of the substance of his complaints about the pharmac... Read more.
Four Big Flaws in Trump’s Threat to China Over the Dollar
Trump’s Dollar Ultimatum Lacks Grounding in Economic Realities Last week Donald Trump made a bizarre threat on his Truth Social site that he would impose 100 ... Read more.
Politicians, Not Technologies, Create Our Excessive Inequality
Tax Favors and Gifts of Tax Dollars Make For Supersize Fortunes There is a Big Lie pushed by centrists types that is almost as pernicious as the Big Lie that Do... Read more.
The Economy After the GDP Revisions
It’s Even Better Than We Thought: Growth in Productivity, Income and Savings The revisions to GDP data generally are not of much interest to anyone exce... Read more.
Noncompete Clauses Cost Workers $300 Billion a Year
This Week the Federal Trade Commission Votes on Restricting Anti-Market Employer Practice The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold hearings starting Tuesday... Read more.
Can the State of Texas Force Facebook to Post Lies About Joe Biden?
Not Only Are Social Media Companies Not Liable for Spreading Defamatory Material, but They Can Actually Profit From It Our main headline asks: Can the State of ... Read more.
Rents Under Trump and Biden
Wages Rise Faster than Rents Under Biden; The Opposite Under Trump There have been numerous stories in recent months about how housing is unaffordable for milli... Read more.
Great News on Healthcare Costs
Spending at $1 Trillion Dollar Below Projections When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, he said that if he got elected, we would get tired of winning. ... Read more.
Patent Monopolies Are Not the “Free” Market
Drug Patent Monopolies Cost Each Family $5,000 per Year It is incredible how ideology can be so thick that it prevents even highly educated people from thinking... Read more.
Prescription Drugs, Free Trade and The Washington Post
When It Comes to Prescription Drugs, The Washington Post Can’t Even Conceive of Free Trade Like many self-imagined “free-traders,” the Washington Post edi... Read more.