Apr 22, 2025
Donald Trump promised immediate benefits, much of it on "day one" , cheaper eggs, lower inflation, peace in Ukraine. The war rages on. Egg prices have increased. Inflation, fueled by tariffs, is on the way up. But stocks, including Americans' 401(k) retirement accounts, are way down.
Apr 11, 2025
The U.S. currently faces a housing shortage, which is aggravating efforts to reduce high living costs and rampant homelessness. At the same time, China is trying to cope with exactly the opposite situation: a 20% vacancy rate in its housing.
Apr 4, 2025
Consider the political situation in the U.S. if Canada became part of the United States. It would make it much less likely that we would ever elect another Republican president. It would be a cold day before Republicans again controlled the House.
Mar 26, 2025
Imagine that all of this money could be captured through an estate tax and the proceeds disbursed equally to every man, woman, and child living in the U.S. It would come to an average of nearly $13,000 for every U.S. resident every year!
Mar 12, 2025
There have been three principal obstacles to converting entirely to solar energy: technical, economic, and political. The technical and economic obstacles have now been overcome. The political obstacles remain, and they are formidable.
Mar 3, 2025
Beyond a certain point it can be cheaper to live with some inefficiency or corruption than to completely eliminate them. One advantage of peaceful reform over violent revolution is that reforms, even those ultimately producing large changes, are always gradual.
Feb 21, 2025
The increase in demand by AI will be more abrupt. Thanks to this sudden projected increase in the electricity we need, major price hikes are a distinct possibility.
Feb 19, 2025
Any good conservative understands that making large changes in complex social and economic systems without careful consideration of the costs and benefits are likely to produce terrible results.