In Law and Liberty, Julia R. Cartwright evaluates a revisionist conservative group’s proposed economic agenda to supplant “blind faith in free markets.” After dismembering the proposal’s premises, Cartwright explores the contentious related economic questions like subsidizing the “common good,” protectionism to resist globalism, and subsidizing domestic industry.
Javier Milei Shows how it’s Done
The “chainsaw” taken by Argentina’s new-ish president, Javier Milei, to his battered nation’s bloated bureaucracy, catastrophic finances and – perhaps most important – failed leftist governing dogmas has worked magic. As David Harsanyi notes in Jewish World Review, Argentina’s public service has shrunk by tens of thousands, the budget is nearly in balance, inflation has plunged, trade is reviving and wages are inching up. The lessons for Canada and the U.S. are clear.