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Les RubinThe Leader |
Some things never change. Human nature and the laws of economics are two of them. Observe what is happening in the political world today. Voters buy...
US debt nears $40 trillion with $86 trillion in unfunded Social Security and Medicare obligations, echoing an old warning about democracy.
Every politician promises to fight inflation. Every election brings new proposals to lower prices. Yet very few public officials spend much time...
Friedrich Hayek's 'The Road to Serfdom' warns how central planning erodes individual freedom, and its lessons about incentives remain urgent today.
America's national debt approaches $40 trillion as annual deficits add trillions more, yet Washington takes no meaningful action on this fiscal...
The numbers are mathematical, not political. Unless the United States begins restoring fiscal discipline, future generations will inherit a nation...
For the average person not schooled in economics, there is little understanding of the importance of the basics. Many of the proposals we hear today...
“When you find yourself in a deep hole, the first thing you do is stop digging.” That simple truth should be ringing through the halls of...
Our financial future is in jeopardy. There is a fire raging and there are arsonists on the scene to put out the fire with gasoline. Our politicians...
Friedrich Hayek published The Road to Serfdom in 1944, a classic book on economics for the ages. We would do well to understand his message, because...
The Congressional Budget Office will soon present testimony before the U.S. House Committee on the Budget. This hearing should be far more than a...
If I were writing the State of the Union address this year, it would begin with a sentence every American deserves to hear plainly, specifically that...