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How ‘doing a Bradbury’ helped Joe Biden secure the presidency

by Andrew Phipps | Apr 20, 2021 | Head Of Research, zLead Article, zOurWriters2

Some of you may remember Steven Bradbury, the Australian short-track speed skater, in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The unlikely finalist – he’d snuck through the semi-final after the defending champion fell three bends from the end and two other...

New York’s fiscal suicide

by Daniel J. Mitchell | Apr 13, 2021 | The Professor, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

The state of New York is an economic disaster area. New York is ranked #50 in the Economic Freedom of North America.New York is ranked #48 in the State Business Tax Climate Index.New York is ranked #50 in the Freedom...

A trillion here, a trillion there

by Clifford F. Thies | Apr 7, 2021 | The Professor, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

The late Everett Dirksen, a long-serving Minority Leader of the Republicans in the US Senate, is famously quoted as saying a billion here, a billion there, and soon we’re talking real money. That was back in 1969. At the time, a billion dollars was about one-tenth of...

US household net worth hits a record while debt service remains low

by Robert Hughes | Apr 6, 2021 | The Professor, zLead Article

Despite the pandemic, restrictive government policies, and the worst economic contraction in history, US household net worth rose again in the fourth quarter to a new record. Household net worth rose to $130.155tn, up 5.6% from the previous record of $123.229tn in the...

Fight club with Nicholas Kristof and John Tamny

by Martin Schwarzburg | Apr 1, 2021 | The Macro View, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Who’s right about the best way to reduce child poverty? Reading through the recent intellectual proxy fight between NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof and Fox News panelist John Tamny (Property Chronicle, 22 March), I couldn’t help but recall a discussion I had with an...