Economics Reality Check
Dave HebertCutting through the economic myths, political spin, and policy nonsense with clear-eyed analysis of trade, taxes, and fiscal reality from an economist who's seen it all from Congress to the classroom.
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Unintended Consequences of the Minimum Wage
As a reminder: this post was written using Claude Opus 4.8 on Low. I would play with the new model, Fable, but… holy usage rates, Batman! Standard caveats apply: I copyedited it, fact checked the numbers, added links, etc.
Imagine y...
Equilibrium, Price Controls, and Unintended Consequences
Imagine you wake up tomorrow and the price of plastic doubles. No announcement. No memo. No congressional hearing. Just a bigger number on the invoice.
What do you do? You use less plastic. You hunt for substitutes. You stop wasting it. Yo...
Prohibition and When "Or" Goods Get Deadly
Earlier this week, I put up a post about demand and supply. There’s a lot in there, but one of my favorite parts came right at the beginning: complements (and goods) and substitutes (or goods). I wanted to build today’s post around that sec...
Demand and Supply
Imagine you’re standing in the grocery store and a can of soup is on sale. The store could have offered you “50% off.” Instead, the sign says “Buy One, Get One Free.” Mathematically, those are the same deal. So why do stores almost always p...
Gerrymandering
Here’s a Letter to the Editor I sent to the New York Times last week:
Dear Editor,
Mr. Holder is exactly correct that the redistricting chaos has gone on long enough (“This Redistricting Chaos Must End,” Opinion, 5/18/26). Unfortuna...
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Director of Economics and Economic Freedom, American Institute for Economic Research. Affiliated scholar with the Mackinac Center and Acton Institute. Recovering academic. Views my own.
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