In a recent issue, Time Magazine boldly declared, “The Free Market Is Dead,” and then added: “What Will Replace It?” Of course, one can always expect Time to be disingenuous at best and dishonest at worst, and as an academic economist, I have come to realize that after reading Time off and on for more than five decades, this is a publication that rarely gets it right when it comes to economic analysis.

19 December 2025

It is hard to believe that 2025 is almost done. This year has flown by, and it has been absolutely packed with historic events. Unfortunately, I fully expect 2026 to be even more chaotic. We are facing all sorts of economic challenges, terror attacks are becoming more frequent, and nations all over the globe are preparing for war. Meanwhile, the ground underneath our feet continues to shake with alarming regularity. In fact, the state of California was just hit by a significant earthquake swarm for the fourth day in a row…

18 December 2025

China has issued a warning to the United States over its continual arms sales to Taiwan. Beijing has demanded that the U.S. "immediately stop" selling arms to the island nation. China's warning follows the Department of War greenlighting a massive package of advanced weaponry for Taiwan.

18 December 2025

An affordability crisis has been crippling the United States economy. Polling has shown that food prices are universally creating an overwhelming financial stress, burdening households.

18 December 2025

From the beginning, when the United States ruling class began its bombing campaign on "narco terrorist" civilian vessels in the Caribbean, most understood it wasn't about drugs. The U.S. wasn't committing war crimes in order to stop a few civilian drug smugglers from getting illicit substances into the U.S., and now, we know the truth. It's all about "oil rights".

18 December 2025

For years, the public has been sold a seasonal bill of goods wrapped in a white coat and labeled "public health." The narrative was simple, repeated like a mantra: the flu is a deadly threat, and the flu shot is your only shield. But what if the shield was made of tissue paper, and the threat was wildly exaggerated by the very institutions tasked with protecting us? A damning confluence of historical deception and alarming new data is pulling back the curtain, revealing a legacy of scientific fraud that now threatens to usher in an even more dangerous era of mRNA-based flu vaccines. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, long a rubber stamp for the pharmaceutical industry, is showing rare signs of resistance to the vaccine industry, because the evidence of flu vaccine failure has become too blatant to ignore.

18 December 2025

Ten years ago, as the world’s governments met in Paris and agreed to eventually force policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions on their respective populations, combating climate change was seen as a major political issue.

17 December 2025

United States President Donald Trump has ordered "a total and complete" blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. This move has been condemned by Caracas as "warmongering threats."

17 December 2025

A measles outbreak in Utah has sparked fears of a wider spread, as the disease gains a foothold in the state. South Carolina has also been experiencing a measles outbreak. 

17 December 2025

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that the United States is not in a position to be critical of Venezuela's ruler.  The U.S. should refrain from lecturing other countries, too, after the controversial victory of Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race, Lukashenko added.

17 December 2025