Why Was Calvin Coolidge the Best President Ever?
Silent Cal doesn’t get much credit for being a great president, but he was surely one of the best, if not THE best. Why? Amity Shlaes, author of the book Coolidge, explains why.
Silent Cal doesn’t get much credit for being a great president, but he was surely one of the best, if not THE best. Why? Amity Shlaes, author of the book Coolidge, explains why.
Jason Hopkins on January 4, 2019 New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a self-identified Democratic socialist, claimed the U.S. can implement her environmental agenda if the government taxes the very wealthy by as much as 70 percent. In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Ocasio-Cortez explained how her Green New Deal proposal — which consists of fully decarbonizing…
By Guy Bentley Uber’s lowest cost service has massively expanded access to cheap transport for low-income New Yorkers and serves people living outside the wealthy center far more than the city’s yellow taxi cartel, according to a new study. The Manhattan Institute study shows that while all UberX rides equated to only five percent of…
By Ivan Plis Don’t invest all your money in Islamic State gold dinars just yet. New reports suggest the jihadi group’s currency, which it calls a “blow to the capitalist financial system of enslavement,” is not pure gold as the group claims. Niqash, a Germany-based journalism outfit covering Iraq, reported Thursday that goldsmiths and traders…
Connor D. Wolf New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a list of 85 companies Wednesday that support his $15 minimum wage proposal but some are expressing doubt the list is an accurate reflection of the position of state businesses. Cuomo announced his proposal in September to increase the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour, and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at slashing regulations on American small businesses. The order will expand regulatory review with the goal of dramatically peeling back federal regulations. The order is the Trump administration’s first step in repealing two regulations for every new regulation put…
I wish my leftist friends understood the Laffer Curve. I also wish they understood the downsides of artificially low interest rates. And the Rahn Curve. And comparative advantage. The Economy is Not a Zero-Sum Game But perhaps more than anything else, I wish they understood that poor people aren’t poor simply because rich people are…
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