Tag: Daniel Sutter
Daniel Sutter: Money and March Madness
March Madness just concluded with Villanova winning the title. Given the ongoing college basketball bribery investigation, the bigger question may be whether the Wildcats...
Daniel Sutter: Driverless cars and public transit
The first driverless car pedestrian fatality occurred recently in Arizona, almost two years after the first fatal crash. These tragic fatalities signal the ongoing...
Daniel Sutter: When campuses were in turmoil
Fifty years ago, protests and violence in opposition to the Vietnam War and the draft roiled college campuses. The War appeared hopelessly deadlocked after...
Daniel Sutter: Can’t we do something about school shootings?
The recent tragedy at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High has sadly raised this question again. The failure to prevent the loss of young lives...
Daniel Sutter: Bitcoin and bubbles
Bitcoin has been on a wild ride, rocketing from $1,000 to nearly $20,000 last year. A recent slide to $7,300 brought claims that Bitcoin...
Daniel Sutter: One reason why economics is challenging
Nineteenth Century poet Christina Rossetti asked, “Who has seen the wind?” Neither you nor I have, but we know that the wind can blow...
Daniel Sutter: Happiness, prosperity and economic freedom
We frequently wish for a happy and prosperous New Year. As an economist, I know more about prosperity than happiness. Because economic freedom is...
Daniel Sutter: When work becomes fleeting
A recent study from Dell Technologies contends that 85 percent of the jobs that will be around in 2030 do not yet exist. My...
Daniel Sutter: Who are we taxing?
The Senate passed a tax bill last weekend. The details must be ironed out in conference negotiations with the House, but the plan includes...
Daniel Sutter: Economists versus tax deductions
The current debate in Congress over tax reform highlights a favorite argument of economists: that we should eliminate loopholes, like the deductions for mortgage...
