Warsh’s Inheritance: Beyond the Funds Rate
Most coverage of Kevin Warsh’s confirmation will focus on what he does with the federal funds rate. That is the wrong story. The Chair’s real power is the intellectual culture of the institution — and a Friedman-school heir is about to…
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Capital, Contracts, and the Cost of Politicizing Markets
When Politics Rewrites the Rules, Capital Rewrites the Map Let’s start with the facts — the actual policy moves. Within hours of taking office, Zohran…
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Billionaires Against the Ladder: The Ultimate American Hypocrisy
There is a defining contradiction in American economic life today, and it deserves to be stated plainly—without euphemism, apology, or academic fog. Some…
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When Government Decides You Don’t Own Your Business Anymore
Seattle’s Grocery Store Plan and the Quiet Death of an American Principle Seattle’s new mayor wasted no time making her governing philosophy unmistakably…
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THE RETURN OF AMERICAN OWNERSHIP: TRUMP ACCOUNTS, PRIVATE CAPITAL, AND THE FINAL BREAK FROM MANDAMA’S DEPENDENCY VISION
America is witnessing the biggest shift toward personal ownership in half a century.For the first time in decades, a national program gives millions of…
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The Genesis Mission Is America Finally Choosing to Win Again
The Genesis Mission — launched by Executive Order on November 24 — is one of those reminders. After years of drift, delay, process worship, and policy…
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The Housing Crisis That Only Exists in Newsrooms
Let’s start with a truth the national press can’t seem to grasp: Only in America can a handful of journalists paying $4,000 for a shoebox apartment decide…
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Seattle’s Socialist Grocery Store Fantasy: When Ideology Replaces Economics
Seattle’s new socialist mayor, Katie Wilson, has apparently discovered a bold new governing principle: If you don’t like the laws of economics… simply ban…
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Elon Musk’s Pay Package Isn’t the Problem — It’s the Blueprint
Why innovation beats envy, and how Musk’s model rewards the many while moralists reward themselves. Tom Moran’s recent AL.com column, “Billie Eilish…
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Zohran Mamdani’s $100 Billion Housing Fantasy
New York City’s incoming left-wing administration is pitching the most breathtakingly reckless housing scheme in modern memory — a $100 billion…
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The Great Realignment: Silicon Valley Finally Joins the Fight for Freedom
When the next war is fought with algorithms and autonomy, America’s innovators must already be enlisted. From Tel Aviv to Palo Alto, from Kyiv to…
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Chicago’s War on Jobs: Brandon Johnson Revives a Failed Tax That Never Worked
“You can’t tax yourself into prosperity.”— Milton Friedman, University of Chicago Let’s be clear: Chicago isn’t just flirting with economic suicide — it’s…
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The Real Healthcare Crisis: No Prices, No Markets, No Freedom
“Nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.” — Milton Friedman Here’s the dirty little secret Washington doesn’t want to talk…
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