I’m in a small village north of Baghdad in the middle of a minor fire fight and have been dealing with dysentery for a few weeks at this point. For whatever reason, I decide that being shot would be preferable to shitting in a box in the armored vehicle we’re in, as sitting in 110+ degree temperatures with a pile of…

To clarify what I was saying I’ll use a partial-hypothetical scenario. Smoking causes cancer. Cigarette producers spend billions trying to hide that fact but there are other strong opponents of smoking who spend billions trying to prevent people from smoking. Now imagine a company comes up with a pill that helps you…

Policy to the right of Exxon. What an amazing time to be alive :(

Did you know that when stores offer a deal where if you buy 4 boxes of macaroni and cheese, you get the 5th free, that it’s price discrimination? I guess you should complain that stores have sales.

pretty sure you just hit the ‘stop’ button and you’ve got yourself a set of stairs.

Supply meet demand. What’s with the antagonism? This is how the economy works. Here’s a fun example; you know when you go car shopping and you visit or email 3 or 4 different dealerships to lower the price. Guess what, that business, which is run by and for real human beings, is getting screwed by you. Why don’t…

Those who own the other inputs of production (land, capital, entrepreneurship) will have the wealth required to keep the economy afloat. Then new forms of redistribution will occur to ensure the rest have the means to survive.

On parade day?! Sad!

Except tarriffs are generally paid for by consumers, as the cost (really a tax) is just incorporated into the sales price. As the price of those goods rises, consumers will seek substitutes. The issue here being, the U.S. doesn’t have manufacturing capacity in reserve to immediately fulfill demand and, as it is…