Tauquir Shayaan
Tariffs Hurt Canadians and Americans
Are You Subsidizing Your Local Grocery Store? Have you ever stopped to think about whether you are subsidizing…
Donating on the Margins – Econlib
The Moral Dilemma of Paid Organ Donation Years ago, after joining the Marines, I registered as a bone…
Whose prices rise with tariffs?
Economic theory posits that tariffs can impact the domestic price of imported goods and services in a country.…
What went wrong in 2021?
In the period from 2021 to 2023, inflation soared to levels far beyond what the Federal Reserve had…
Activism, Production, and Consumption – A Case Study from Flint
The Flint water crisis was a significant event that brought attention to the dangers of lead contamination in…
Working for Change in Democratic Politics
Brother, Can You Paradigm, or Spare a Signature? Janet Bufton recently shared her thoughts on the importance of…
Did Taylor Swift “Juice the Economy”?
Taylor Swift's impact on the economy during her two-year Eras world tour has been a topic of much…
Is This War With Lebanon Different? (with Matti Friedman)
In the late 1990s, when I was in Lebanon as a soldier in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF),…
NGDP guardrails: Do the right thing
The proposal to have the Federal Reserve subsidize an NGDP futures market, as suggested by economist Scott Sumner,…
My Weekly Reading for December 15, 2024
Blair Lee, a college professor with a background in chemistry and biology, found herself thrown into the world…
What Stray Cats Taught Me About Spontaneous Order
Cats of Greece: A Spontaneous Order My recent trip to Greece with my wife was a whirlwind of…
Subsidies and waste – Econlib
The Impact of Subsidies on Consumer Behavior When it comes to purchasing luxury items, such as a $100,000…
Searching for Truth in a Social Media World
Exploring Truth and Misinformation in Today’s Society In the age of rampant misinformation and disinformation, it can be…
The Fed’s Financial Chicanery: No End to the Money Printing
The Federal Reserve is often compared to various financial disasters in history, including failed 1980s Savings & Loan…
The Other Kind of Romance in Politics
Public choice theory, often referred to as "politics without romance," challenges the idealistic notion that participants in the…