Franke: Is China a Threat?
Is China a Threat? by Mark Franke It is interesting to observe how public opinion can change in short order. Twenty or so years ago China was viewed as an ideal market for American goods as it began an economic liberalization away from state-controlled communism toward a somewhat freer market system. The thought was that Read the full article…
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Woke Lives at the Art Museum ‘WHEN I HEAR the word culture, I reach for my Luger,” said Herman Goring. Good advice for those trying to follow the internal machinations of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, as it likes to now be called. Culture in Indianapolis, once known as Nap Town and a wide spot in a Read the full article…
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Big Ag and Coconut Cream Pies ‘THE GREAT PROBLEM of our age is the tendency of people to assume that economic growth is a universal cure for all ills, while it often brings new problems and exacerbates existing ones,” wrote the British economist E.F. Schumacher. That is nowhere more true than in farming, where the notion that Read the full article…
Franke: Taking a Called Third Strike
by Mark Franke My hometown minor league baseball team, the Fort Wayne TinCaps, has a bad habit of taking called third strikes. For the baseball agnostics out there, this means the batter doesn’t swing at a pitch and strikes out by doing nothing. It is extremely frustrating to the fans in the stands. I can Read the full article…
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‘Isn’t the Way This Works’ ECONOMISTS TALK ABOUT “moral hazards,” that is, situations where someone takes on excessive risk because they do not have to bear the full consequences of that risk. Essentially, it’s the idea that if someone is insulated from the negative effects of their risky behavior, they might act less cautiously than they otherwise Read the full article…
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Smaller Is Better, Local Is Best “THE AIM IS TO HAVE a society in which the great majority of people own their own homes and farms and small businesses,” wrote the Christian apologist C.K. Chesterton. That is, smaller is better and local is best in the organization of human affairs. “To be free and to be independent is Read the full article…
