1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (1090+ words) The administration is intentionally misinterpreting statistics to justify its Section 122 tariffs. - Stan Veuger, Simon Johnson - Start a free trial today for full access. The Tariff Argument Fails Again Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. After…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (208+ words) Economists have traditionally critiqued those as irrational beliefs or mere byproducts of ignorance, but an evolutionary lens reveals them as predictable outcomes. Ensuring fairness in trade, sustaining social ties, forming stable coalitions, and resolving ownership disputes are all responses to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (189+ words) You're reading Capitolism, Scott Lincicome's weekly newsletter on economics. To unlock the full version, become a Dispatch member today. And, barring another federal court rescue, they'll only get worse from here. As one immigration lawyer put it: "The easiest way…...

2+ mon, 20+ hour ago  (281+ words) About a decade after concluding her 10 years of service in the U. S. Army, Beth Benike of Oronoco, Minnesota, became a mother for the first time'and came up with her first idea for a small business." After making her first sale in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (393+ words) In 2025, U. S. credit card debt reached $1. 3 trillion. This is the equivalent of over $3, 000 in debt for every man, woman, and child in the United States. Imagine a newborn baby named Louise Smith having $3, 000 in debt, along with each of her three…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (435+ words) You're reading Capitolism, Scott Lincicome's weekly newsletter on economics. To unlock the full version, become a Dispatch member today. This change doesn't mean that Trump's proposals will soon be implemented, and most, in fact, are already losing steam. Yet the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (539+ words) Housing affordability was one of the hottest political issues during the past year, so it's not much of a surprise that the administration is now staking out a formal position. Yet given President Donald Trump's real estate background, it is…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (450+ words) In short, we depend on a complex network of peaceful human cooperation which extends all around us and in which we live our lives. And another word for this network is capitalism. But whether or not we think the world…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (503+ words) Jordan Mc Gillis is a fellow at the Economic Innovation Group and a 2025-2026 Novak Journalism Fellow with the Fund for American Studies. Manufacturing Jobs Aren't That Easy to Count Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (507+ words) You're reading Capitolism, Scott Lincicome's weekly newsletter on economics. To unlock the full version, become a Dispatch member today. And with that, let's get started. You are receiving the free, truncated version of Capitolism. To read Scott's full newsletter'and unlock…...