“Buy land,” says the old investment axiom. “They’re not making any more of it.” And yet, depending on which country you come from, some U.S. lawmakers would deny you the right. Between 2009 and 2016, China’s global expenditures on agricultural land increased more than tenfold, according to data cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
Let’s call it the “Biden way”: When our president can’t get his policies through Congress, he tries to impose them in other ways. Just look at his student loan forgiveness plan, which faced a stiff Supreme Court challenge this week, and his imposition of stricter “Buy American” provisions to the infrastructure-spending bill. Now, he wants […]
After a recent hurricane, Puerto Ricans desperately needed fuel. Fortunately, an oil tanker was right offshore. Unfortunately, the United States government forbade it to come ashore! Why? Because of a stupid law with a stupid name: The Jones Act. The Jones Act forbids shipping anything between American ports in ships that are not U.S. built […]
Newspapers have been reporting on the demographic challenges in Asian nations like China, Japan, and South Korea. Some expect China’s population, for example, to be cut in half by 2100. If current trends continue, some of the same problems will sooner or later hit the United States, and they won’t be fixed with family-style entitlement […]