Was Trump a Deregulator? Look at the Data
When he was running for president in 2016, Donald Trump promised he would be “cutting regulation at a tremendous clip. I would say 70 percent of regulations can go.” Did he do it? My short piece in the current issue of Regulation compares two series of aggregate data on the total stock of federal regulations. […]
Goldman Sachs analyst says the world is moving into a new super cycle
A screen displays the Dow Jones Industrial Average after the closing bell on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 13, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters The global economy is moving into a new “super cycle,” with artificial intelligence and decarbonization being driving factors, according to Peter Oppenheimer, head of macro research […]
The Cheap Populism of Bashing CEO Pay
Every year for more than a decade, various think tanks in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom produce a “bombshell” study where they state that the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the largest corporations earn many times the income of the average worker. For example, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) published […]
