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What the Olympics Really Cost: Rio’s 10-Year Legacy of Debt and Destruction
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/what-the-olympics-really-cost-rios-10-year-legacy-of-debt-and-destruction/
Published: August 6, 2026 12:08
Rio 2016, like many ambitious projects, combined political cronyism and weak market discipline. Ordinary Brazilians are still paying the bill.
Can a Freely Given Coconut Begin Civilization?
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/can-a-freely-given-coconut-begin-civilization/
Published: August 6, 2026 11:01
Trust precedes trade. Our natural empathy, our desire to see others do well, cultivates social order and generates the wealth of nations.
Free Trade: The Consensus Is Growing
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/free-trade-the-consensus-is-growing/
Published: August 5, 2026 15:36
What economists have argued for generations is now reflected in public opinion: Americans see free trade as the better alternative to protectionism.
Competition Comes to College Admissions Testing
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/competition-comes-to-college-admissions-testing/
Published: August 5, 2026 11:02
Texas has expanded college exams beyond the SAT and ACT, creating competition that rewards rigor.
Tariffs Didn’t Rebuild Factories. They Fueled a Lobbying Boom.
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/tariffs-didnt-rebuild-factories-they-fueled-a-lobbying-boom/
Published: August 5, 2026 10:30
When government decides who pays and who is exempt, businesses rationally redirect resources from investment to lobbying and favor seeking.
The Constitution’s Forgotten Economic Tradeoffs
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-constitutions-forgotten-economic-tradeoffs/
Published: August 4, 2026 10:30
The Articles of Confederation are often remembered as a failure. But their limits on taxing and commercial power offered greater protection for economic freedom than the Constitution that replaced them.
The McNamara Fallacy Returns: How Inequality Metrics Distract From the Real Causes of Poverty
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-mcnamara-fallacy-returns-how-inequality-metrics-distract-from-the-real-causes-of-poverty/
Published: August 4, 2026 10:06
When policymakers obsess over inequality statistics, they often overlook the institutions and policies that actually keep people poor.
Warsh Wants the Federal Reserve to Rethink the Rules
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/warsh-wants-the-federal-reserve-to-rethink-the-rules/
Published: August 3, 2026 20:30
The new chairman has long argued the Fed's own institutional habits undermine sound money. His blueprint suggests key reforms.
How Congress Turned Budget Reconciliation Into a Tool for More Spending
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/how-congress-turned-budget-reconciliation-into-a-tool-for-more-spending/
Published: August 3, 2026 12:06
A process designed to overcome political obstacles to deficit reduction is now helping Congress avoid the reforms that matter most.
The Coup In Search of a Philosophy
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-coup-in-search-of-a-philosophy/
Published: August 3, 2026 10:05
Karl Marx’s greatest legacy was not his economics, but the institutions that gave his revolutionary ideas a second life.
The Trillion-Dollar Illusion
https://spectator.org/the-trillion-dollar-illusion/
Published: August 2, 2026 11:35
The Endangered Species Act Reduces Housing
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/07/the-endangered-species-act-reduces-housing.html
Published: August 1, 2026 10:14
How Washington Won the War
https://fee.org/articles/how-washington-won-the-war/
Published: July 31, 2026 18:38
Fed Officials Who Voted for Rate Hike Say Action Needed Now
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/31/fed-officials-who-voted-to-hike-rates-say-action-is-needed-now-against-inflation.html
Published: July 31, 2026 16:49
Meet The Spice Entrepreneur Challenging Trump’s Newest Tariffs
https://reason.com/2026/07/31/meet-the-spice-entrepreneur-challenging-trumps-newest-tariffs/
Published: July 31, 2026 16:45
One Month of Falling Prices Won’t Restore Price Stability
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/one-month-of-falling-prices-wont-restore-price-stability/
Published: July 31, 2026 12:30
June's PCE report showed prices falling as energy prices retreated, but underlying inflation and nominal spending remain too strong.
A Libertarian Case for Regulating Sports Betting
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/a-libertarian-case-for-regulating-sports-betting/
Published: July 31, 2026 10:15
Prohibition won't stop gambling's social harms. But regulations aimed at transparency could protect individual rights to informed contract, while limiting predatory platforms.