More on Inflation and Profits

Over the past few months, various authors at various institutions — specifically Oscar Arce, Elke Hahn and Gerrit Koester at the ECB, Andrew Glover, José Mustre-del-Río and Alice von Ende-Becker at the Kansas City Federal Reserve, and Paul Donovan at UBS — have written pieces about the relationship between profits and the most recent bout… Continue reading More on Inflation and Profits

Is National Public Radio Actually National Private Radio?

Public broadcasting is extremely common in the world. Wikipedia’s incomplete list of public broadcasters by country lists over 300 public broadcasting outlets across nearly every country in the world, including “major broadcasters” in the United Kingdom (BBC), Australia (ABC), Canada (CBC/SRC), and the United States (PBS/NPR). Despite the prevalence of public broadcasting in the world,… Continue reading Is National Public Radio Actually National Private Radio?

Equality and Equity

Over the last decade or so, a confused idea that started in the nonprofit sector has gradually seeped into liberal discourse more generally. According to this idea, “equality” is bad or inadequate and what we need instead is something called “equity.” Bernie Sanders was asked to explain the difference between them on Real Time this… Continue reading Equality and Equity

Who Decides for Children?

One of the meta-questions surrounding the oddly large volume of writing about transgender youth these days is the question of who makes decisions for children. Liberalism generally endorses the view that people should be able to make decisions for themselves. All of the expository devices of liberal philosophy take rational individuals as the fundamental unit… Continue reading Who Decides for Children?