Category Archives: Economics

Trump’s New Budget Proposal

Thoughts on the mendacious media coverage of it.

A lot of Artemis fans on Twitter were cheering for the budget proposal of seventy billion dollars over five years to get back to the moon. Even ignoring how ridiculous that number is, I had to remind them of something.

[Update a few minutes later]

The White House budget shows why we’re fiscally doomed.

[Wednesday-afternoon update]

Stop pretending that the president’s budget matters.

[Bumped]

The Socialist Temptation

Last time I was in DC, a couple weeks ago, I tried to have lunch with Iain Murray, but it turned out that he wasn’t downtown, but was at home writing a forthcoming book.

It seems a little spendy, though, if you want to get young people to read it (which should be the goal). Maybe they’ll also have an ebook.

[Update a while later]

If you click here, you’ll tell the publisher that you’d like to see a Kindle edition.

California’s War On The Gig Economy

The Democrats in the House wants to make the brutality national.

I was approached by a guy in the Costco parking lot the other day with a petition to repeal AB5. I happily signed it (though I’m not registered to vote in CA). I don’t think that Sacramento understands how angry people get when you wipe out their livelihood. Fortunately, Cocaine Mitch will kill this monstrosity in the Senate.

[Late-morning update]

In California, protecting workers means outlawing their jobs.