Peter Jacobsen
- Opinion
New York, California, and Illinois Saw Historic Population Drops in 2021
Last week, the US Census Bureau released its “New Vintage 2021 Population Estimates” for the United States and surrounding territories.…
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Love Lost or Love Cost? Why Kirk Herbstreit Is Wrong About Why College Players Are Opting Out of Bowl Games
“I think this era of player just doesn’t love football.” This was ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit’s explanation for why players…
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Top Clinton Economist Labels Biden Administration’s Proposal to Curb Inflation ‘Science Denial’
We at FEE have been discussing recent inflationary trends since May of this year. Unfortunately, it took experts several months…
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Dollar Tree Loses its 35 Year War with Inflation
Inflation has ruined one of my go-to examples for my macroeconomics students. Whenever I discuss inflation with my students, I…
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The Afghanistan War Was a 20-Year Failure in Central Planning
The Afghanistan War/nation-building project is now confirmed as a complete failure—and a costly one, in both lives and resources. Brown…
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#DontKillCrypto: The Infrastructure Bill Contains a Poison Pill for Crypto: Senators Wyden, Lummis, and Toomey Try to Stop It
The infrastructure bill currently being debated in the Senate has come under fire by those in the cryptocurrency community. In…
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How Amazon’s $10 Billion Contract Squabble with the Pentagon Reveals the Shady Nature of Military Contracts
Earlier this month the US Department of Defense (DOD) canceled a $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract awarded…
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No, Higher Wages Aren’t a ‘Silver Lining’ of Inflation
A recent CNBC article highlights a common economic fallacy surrounding the concept of inflation. The author claims that inflation can…
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The Federal Reserve is Embracing Left-Wing Policies—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be Surprised
The Federal Reserve System has come under fire in the last few months for extending itself into areas outside its…
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How IRS Incompetence Is Raising Americans’ Taxes this Year
The IRS is late on issuing refunds for millions of Americans this year. In April, the IRS moved 29 million…
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Why Inflation Is at a 12-year High
Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released numbers indicating that the average price level of consumer goods has risen…
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Why Andrew Cuomo’s Cover-Up Scandal Isn’t Just a Case of One Bad Apple
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo finds himself in a much different position now than he was in just a few…
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