by Henry Oliner | Aug 8, 2018 | Economics, Politics
From Jay Cost at National Review, Terrible Tariffs: The protective tariff also facilitated minority factionalism, something close to rule by the rich or elite. The primary beneficiaries of the tariffs were not workers, but rather the owners whose goods competed with...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 7, 2018 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism, Taxes
from Jonah Goldberg at National Review, A Conspiracy against the People Steel and aluminum producers are a faction. They are aided by a larger faction — i.e., voters who have a greater grasp of their own nostalgia than on economic realities. And they have a...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 3, 2017 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism
from National Review and Jay Cost, Congress Wasn’t Designed to Handle Tax Policy To put it bluntly, Congress is not well suited for national economic planning, which is basically what pro-growth tax policies boil down to. As a matter of fact, Congress outsources a...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 18, 2017 | Health Care, Politics, Progressivism
Why Medicare for All Would Damage our Republic by Jay Cost at National Review This is a very diverse array of policies, but they all exhibit a similar flaw. When the government wishes to accomplish some public purpose that it does not have the means to do itself, it...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 17, 2015 | History, Politics
From the progressive standpoint, the Framers had not so much erred in their efforts as subsequent events had rendered their formulations moot. Madison had been particularly worried about a fractious majority violating the public good or minority rights for selfish...
