How Biden’s FDA Helped Cause the Baby-Formula Crisis
Nobody — including the FDA — is making any effort to test products from other countries before they reach the consumer.
Musk Sails into the Swamp
The week of May 16, 2022: Musk and Twitter, Musk and ESG, as well as inflation, baby formula, and much, much, more.
Record-High Diesel Prices Spell Longer-Term Consumer Woes
Encouraging domestic fuel production would reduce the cost of diesel. Unfortunately for all of us, that doesn’t fit the administration’s agenda.
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Will the Homeschooling Surge Outlast the Pandemic?
If so, it would doubtless reflect that parents are becoming more engaged in their children’s education for the long haul.
Finland’s Greens Now Fully behind Nuclear Power
They recognize that attempting to manage climate change will involve trade-offs of the type that many climate fundamentalists refuse to recognize.
More Good News for Critics of the SEC and the Administrative State
Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow to the SEC’s system of administrative-law judges that could have farther-reaching consequences.
Labor Relations and Thought Control
The degree of intrusiveness of some contemporary employers goes beyond anything that could have been dreamt up by the robber barons of old.
Is the Housing Bubble About to Burst?
With the Fed massively behind the curve on inflation, what happens to home prices next?
More Cheap Talk Won’t Fix the FTC’s Morale Problems
A former FTC commissioner and a former staffer diagnose the agency’s woes and suggest measures to help restore trust between leadership and staff.
Always Charging the Same Car
The Biden administration’s drive to electrify the U.S. auto sector is at a pace indicative of a refusal to accept reality.
Biden’s Bogus Solution to the Baby-Formula Shortage
There’s no such thing as an economics get-out-of-jail-free card.
The U.S. Is Entering a Severe Energy Crisis
A J.P. Morgan analyst predicts that by August, American drivers will be paying $6.20 per gallon average for gasoline.
The Democrats’ Cynical ‘Greedflation’ Narrative
Many of the Democrats who are scapegoating greedy businesses for inflation do not actually believe it. But they hope you will.
China’s Twofer: Oil and Russia
Russia’s role as the junior partner in the Russo-Chinese relationship would have been seen by Putin’s Soviet and czarist predecessors as a humiliation.
House Republicans Were Right to Vote against More FDA Funding
Rewarding one of the agencies that contributed to the current crisis with more funding as a response to that same crisis is how you guarantee more crises in the future.
The Threats to Supply Chains That Won’t Be Going Away
The U.S. is well-suited to make supply-chain improvements, but they are not inevitable. Making them happen will be America’s challenge over the next decade.
Episode 67: Questions Not to Ask in a Job Interview
David is joined this week by Andrew Crapuchettes, the past CEO of leading labor-economics firm EMSI and the founder and CEO of RedBalloon.Work.
Hard Times Will Force Europe to Change Its Direction on Energy
What really does not work will eventually need to change. Sooner rather than later, Europe’s green movement will need to accept this most inconvenient of truths.