Hot Air Promises: A History of Campaign Week Vows
Rebuttal: French Strikes Should Keep On Going
Léandre Oster refutes the Quarterly’s latest leader on Macron’s proposed pension reform. I take the train often. In fact, in my life, I have taken it hundreds of times. So, being French, you can imagine that I have suffered more than once […]
Leader: Macron’s Pension Reform Is Necessary and Fair
Our editorial opinion on the strikes and Macron’s universal pension reform As SciencesPistes know all too well, France is facing a political crisis over pension reform gravely affecting our ability to travel around France and Europe. Mass demonstrations have now […]
Rebuttal: Warren’s Wealth Tax, a Rudimentary Fallacy in Basic Economics
Samuel Shih refutes the Quarterly’s latest leader on U.S Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax. Senator Warren’s wealth tax plan, as advocated in the Quarterly’s leader last month, is a hot issue among Democratic presidential candidates. Senator Warren is […]
Leader: To Avoid the Pitchforks, Warren’s Wealth Tax
Our editorial opinion on Senator Warren’s proposed wealth tax. In 2018, the three richest men in America held a combined wealth amounting to that of the total wealth held by the bottom half of Americans. [1] Economic inequality in America […]
Leader: Back To GATT
While a future U.S. president may repair some of the relationships Trump has damaged, the wounds Tariff Man has inflicted on the institutionally established rules of our global trading system may be too deep to heal in the foreseeable future. […]
