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Econception on the Mythical Gap between Pay and Productivity

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Economic theory suggests that wages should track productivity. Do the data support that in real life?

U.S. Wins First Ever Cricket Series against Top-Ten Team

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
The United States national cricket team defeated Bangladesh 2–1 in a Twenty20 series.

Election Season Is Handling AI Just Fine So Far

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
So far there’s no reason to believe AI poses an unusual threat to elections, and calls to preemptively regulate it on those grounds are not justified.

‘Economic Realignment’ Update

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
We’re now seeing the results of Biden’s self-consciously big-government economic agenda. Turns out people don’t like it very much.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his administration's infrastructure strategy inside the Earth Rider Brewery in Superior, Wis., January 25, 2024.

The Solution Is Rules-Based Monetary Policy

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
It can be predictable and neutral with respect to economic growth.

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., August 22, 2018

Where Was the FDIC’s Union?

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
This workplace was toxic for years despite being unionized, and the few victims in the report who said they asked for union assistance did not find it helpful.

Logos are seen on the outside of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. building in Washington, D.C.

So Much for the Great UAW Unionization Wave

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Workers at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama voted against unionizing with the United Auto Workers on Friday.

People are seen next to robotic arms for a second battery tray assembly line at the opening of a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle Battery Factory in Woodstock, Ala., March 15, 2022.

The Supreme Court Isn’t Going to Fix Mandatory-Spending Dominance

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Congress holds the constitutional power over budgeting, and the people need to demand better of Congress.

A person walks past the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

What’s Going On with U.S. Worker Pay and Productivity

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
The problems the U.S. faces are different from the ones the economic doomsayers purport to describe.

A Chinese Takeover of Taiwan without Full Invasion Is Plausible and Scary

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
A new report describes how China could pull it off — and what the U.S. and Taiwan must do to prevent it. 

China's aircraft carrier <i>Liaoning</i> (center) takes part in a military drill of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018.

Econception on What’s Wrong with Tariffs

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
If the tariff protects, it doesn’t raise revenue, and if it raises revenue, it doesn’t protect.

Container ships at the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex in Los Angeles, Calif., April 7, 2021.

Automobile Trade and Employment Hardly Changed Since USMCA

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
There’s no evidence yet of the USMCA creating any major swings in U.S. car production patterns or employment, almost four years after it went into effect.

On the assembly line at the General Motors plant in Romulus, Mich., August 21, 2019

The China Tariffs Aren’t about National Security

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Protecting industries overly cozy with the government has nothing to do with national security.

President Joe Biden speaks during an event regarding new tariffs targeting various Chinese exports, at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2024.

Pour One Out for David Trone

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
He gave up his life as the wealthy owner of a chain of wine stores to spend $107 million of his own money on campaigns that didn’t go much of anywhere. 

Congressman David J. Trone (D., Md.) delivers remarks during the National Second Chance Townhall at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C., April 24, 2023.

What Made the Onion Funny

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Ben Collins’s group purchasing The Onion has, predictably, led to very unfunny content. 

A pedestrian walks by an <i>Onion</i> news rack in San Francisco, Calif., May 5, 2009.

Airports Are Not Public Goods

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
American airports provide economic value to paying customers, like grocery stores and movie theaters do. They should not be government projects.

An American Airlines jet lands in front of planes backed up waiting to depart on the runway after flights earlier were grounded during an FAA system outage at Laguardia Airport in New York City, January 11, 2023.
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