By Mark J. Perry Three economists at the University of Chicago and the Federal Reserve Board studied the effects of Trump’s 2018 tariffs on imported washing machines in a new research paper titled “The Production, Relocation, and Price Effects of US Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines” and concluded that (italics added): Despite the increase in domestic production … [Read more...] about Trump’s Washing Machine Tariffs Cost Consumers $800,000 Per Job Created
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New Census Numbers Reveal Americans Are Steadily Migrating West And South – And Away From High Tax Blue States
By Michael Snyder The U.S. Census Bureau has just released their annual report on how the U.S. population is shifting, and there are some very clear patterns in the data. If you look at this Census Bureau map, you will see lots of purple (areas where the population is growing) in the west and the south, and you will see lots of orange (areas where the population is … [Read more...] about New Census Numbers Reveal Americans Are Steadily Migrating West And South – And Away From High Tax Blue States
Seasteaders Facing Prison or Death For Pursuing Freedom in International Waters
By Nicholas West As regular readers of Counter Markets might remember, in Issue 9 I covered some of the new trends in secession and the rising desire for independence from the State that have been emerging in various forms. One of the more offbeat trends I noted was "seasteading." For those unfamiliar, proponents of this movement have been looking to international waters … [Read more...] about Seasteaders Facing Prison or Death For Pursuing Freedom in International Waters
Green Market Agorism
By Logan Marie Glitterbomb Agorist theory has been enriched a lot since Samuel Edward Konkin III introduced the initial theory. Through the writings and work of visionaries such as Karl Hess, Ross Ulbricht, Satoshi Nakamoto, Defense Distributed, and Derrick Broze, we have seen agorism grow and expand in ways never thought possible both intellectually and in practice. And the … [Read more...] about Green Market Agorism
Hysteria Over School Safety Won’t Keep Us Safe
By James Bovard Numerous Indiana elementary school teachers were shot in January as part of a “safe schools” training program. According to the Indiana State Teachers Association, sheriff deputies ordered teachers “into a room four at a time, told them to crouch down and then shot them execution-style with pellets in rapid succession,” leaving several of them bloodied and … [Read more...] about Hysteria Over School Safety Won’t Keep Us Safe
Ongoing Effort to Free Ross Supported by 100 Eminent Organizations and Individuals
By Jamie Redman Ross Ulbricht’s clemency petition is closing in on 160,000 signatures stemming from individuals asking U.S. President Donald Trump to pardon Ulbricht. In addition to the vast number of signatures, roughly 100 eminent organizations and well-known figures have supported Ulbricht’s effort, many of whom have written a statement on Ulbricht’s behalf in order to … [Read more...] about Ongoing Effort to Free Ross Supported by 100 Eminent Organizations and Individuals
We Should All Regulate Facebook and Google
By Max Gulker Our economy depends on the continued forward march of technological progress. But with this growth come new problems and, inevitably, new regulation. We must ensure that this regulation does not stifle tomorrow’s innovations, whose details we cannot predict in advance. In a recent New York Times op-ed, Kara Swisher zeroes in on the way the large tech … [Read more...] about We Should All Regulate Facebook and Google
The Dark History of the Minimum Wage
By corbettreport There's something strange about the idea of a minimum wage. It's one of those subjects that everyone has a strong opinion about, even if they have no idea what makes actual economic sense. But perhaps the most surprising thing of all is that the minimum wage has a dirty secret that most economists don't want you to know about. Today we explore The Dark … [Read more...] about The Dark History of the Minimum Wage
How Big Government Politicians Cause the Inequality They Claim to Fight
By Daniel Kowalski With the 2020 presidential election on the horizon, there are currently over 15 serious Democratic contenders competing for the party’s nomination. Some candidates, like Andrew Yang, have detailed policy proposals they are consistent about. Others seem to keep maneuvering left with their positions in order to outflank their competitors, while a few seem … [Read more...] about How Big Government Politicians Cause the Inequality They Claim to Fight
5 Social Networks to Use in 2019 Instead of Facebook
By Jake Anderson In recent years, the tide of public opinion has slowly but surely turned against the intrusive actions of Big Tech companies. People are tired of corporations mining their personal information and censoring or manipulating their content online and, as a result, the biggest social networks, like Facebook and YouTube, are beginning to see a noticeable exodus … [Read more...] about 5 Social Networks to Use in 2019 Instead of Facebook
The Income Tax: Lessons from the Sixteenth Amendment
By Mark Brandly "The income tax is “undoubtedly the most totalitarian of all taxes."1 ~Murray Rothbard At the founding of our country, the framers of our Constitution wisely withheld the right to tax incomes from the federal government. With the recent Revolutionary War in mind, the States were reluctant to cede strong taxing powers to a central state. Given the enormous … [Read more...] about The Income Tax: Lessons from the Sixteenth Amendment
Counterfeiting Money Is a Crime — Whether Done by the Fed or A Private Individual
By Patrick Barron A few years ago, shortly after the 2008 subprime lending disaster, the Fed sent a public relations team around the country to conduct supposedly "educational sessions" about how the Fed works and the wonderful things it does. The public was invited, and there was a question and answer session at the end of the presentation. One such session was held in Des … [Read more...] about Counterfeiting Money Is a Crime — Whether Done by the Fed or A Private Individual