Airline Seats Are Getting Smaller — but Americans Aren’t
Obesity is a problem that not many like to talk about, but in air travel and other areas, it is becoming an inescapable issue.
Economy & Business
SBA Disaster-Loan Program Still a Disaster
A Wall Street Journal piece exposes the bureaucratic tangle small businesses navigate to get disaster relief during the COVID pandemic.
Tax Leaks, the ‘Public Interest,’ and the Abuse of Power
On the menu today: weaponizing tax leaks, Olympic sponsorship (and its problems), the advertising that dreams are made of, Babe Ruth slices, and more.
Oh No! A $6 Trillion Infrastructure Bill!
Democrats have only 50 votes in the Senate, not 70, and thus can’t actually pass off-the-charts insane spending measures.
As the Specter of Inflation Looms, Consumers Consider Cryptocurrency
How Fed policy is pushing some investors into cryptocurrencies.
It Doesn’t Have To Be This Hard, Does It?
A country with a well-functioning government could fix this bridge without also passing $6 trillion in other spending, couldn’t it?
A More Hawkish Federal Reserve — and Federal Trade Commission
On the menu today: the Fed’s surprising hawkishness, the FTC’s new trustbuster, the anti-Amazon industry, and more.
Are Tariffs the Right Response to Foreign Digital Taxes?
Or would they harm the economy at home and fail to spark their intended reforms?
Trustbusters Should Be Careful What They Wish For
Before we herald a new era of trustbusting, we should be careful that the proposed solution isn’t worse than the actual problem.
Carbon Taxes and Democracy
On the menu today: carbon taxes and democracy, Big Tech and Joe Biden, lending as a (Chinese) strategic weapon, and more.