Of Moats and Search Engines: The DOJ’s Coercive Case against Google
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has officially taken Google to court. This trial, initiated under the Trump administration and now being brought to fruition via Biden’s bidding, is poised to be one of the biggest antitrust cases in history – and all business owners should be concerned. According to prosecutors, Google has entrenched itself as […]
We’re Number 5, We’re Number 5
The Economic Freedom of the World: 2023 Report came out this week. The Fraser Institute in Vancouver, Canada publishes a new report each year. The data are for 2021. In this report, the United States is rated #5. The top rated jurisdiction last year, Hong Kong, switched places with Singapore this year. Big picture: Economic […]
Market Talk – September 22, 2023
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 168.62 points or -0.52% to 32,402.41 Shanghai increased 47.73 points or 1.55% to 3,132.43 Hang Seng increased 402.04 points or 2.28% to 18,057.45 ASX 200 increased 3.60 points or 0.05% to 7,068.80 Kospi decreased 6.84 points or -0.27% to 2,508.13 […]
Economics is really hard – Econlib
Science writers like to suggest that anyone can understand the intuition behind theories such as special relativity and quantum mechanics, if only they will read this book, or that essay. Don’t believe them—I’ve tried. At best I get a bit of the intuition behind relativity, and none at all behind QM. Yes, I hear the […]
