A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
–Alexander Solzhenitsyn
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
April 23, 2020 Making America Poor Again
The New York Times points out that many of America’s largest department stores might disappear forever as a result of the massive lockdown of America’s economy during the coronavirus crisis. Recently the entire executive staff at Lord & Taylor was laid off. The venerable Neiman Marcus is on the verge of declaring bankruptcy. According to the Times, “It is not likely to ...
Are Americans Undertaxed?
by Laurence M. Vance
According to the Tax Foundation, Tax Freedom Day “is the day when the nation as a whole has earned enough money to pay its ...
The Jackboots Of The Virus Patrol
by David Stockman
Say what? It seems that the mainstream politicians and commentariat have gone so far off the deep-end on the Covid-19 that it takes a pair ...
Economic Impossibilities
by Laurence M. Vance
Just as certain things are impossible in mathematics, accounting, chemistry, and physics, so also in economics. Adding two even numbers together can never result in ...
Will there Be Tyranny in the Post-Coronavirus World?
by Richard M. Ebeling
The coronavirus crisis will be considered one of the most important global events of the early decades of the 21st century. Like a pebble ...