May 30, 2019
May 28, 2019
An introduction to fiscal policy
May 24, 2019
10 facts about Theresa May’s resignation as prime minister
After surviving a no confidence vote last December, and suffering two of the largest legislative defeats in modern parliamentary history, UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced this morning that she will step down as prime minister. Continue Reading...
May 24, 2019
Robbing Pietro to pay Paolo? The zero-sum game in Italy’s welfare state
Robbing Peter to pay Paul. This is an idiomatic expression about bad – or at least disappointing – economics.
Curiously, it was born within the context of the Church’s supposedly poor financial administration of its properties. Continue Reading...
May 21, 2019
Explainer: Theresa May’s ‘New Brexit Deal’
Over the weekend, Theresa May’s cross-party Brexit negotiations collapsed, but their worst ideas live on.
At 4 p.m. London time, Prime Minister May unveiled the terms of what she calls a “bold” effort to pass her Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB). Continue Reading...
May 21, 2019
Monetary policy: The best case scenario
May 09, 2019
Educational choice is a social justice issue
May 07, 2019
Catholic ‘anti-liberalism’ – a response to Dan Hugger
My colleague Dan Hugger’s latest post on the PowerBlog titled “The dangers of Catholic anti-liberalism” got me thinking about a subject that has always intrigued me: The relationship between the Catholic Church and liberalism. Continue Reading...
May 07, 2019
When the Fed does too much
May 06, 2019
5 facts about Margaret Thatcher
This past Saturday marked the fortieth anniversary of Margaret Thatcher taking office as the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Thatcher served as PM for nearly a decade, during which time she became, along with Ronald Reagan, one of the West’s greatest champions of free enterprise, anti-communism, and individual liberty. Continue Reading...