Tag: Daniel Sutter
Daniel Sutter: Taylor and Ticketmaster
A fiasco involving tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has renewed calls to break up Ticketmaster through anti-trust. While many commentators have...
Daniel Sutter: Losing the Christmas trade war
Every December, Santa delivers toys, games, and electronics to children across our nation. Yet residents of the North Pole buy almost nothing...
Daniel Sutter: The FTX collapse
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX imploded in November. The company and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), attained incredible notoriety in a short time and...
Dan Sutter: A pandemic amnesty?
Brown University economist Emily Oster recently suggested a “pandemic amnesty” for “the many important choices we had to make under conditions of...
Daniel Sutter: Economic freedom in Alabama 2022
Canada’s Fraser Institute just released the 2022 Economic Freedom of North America (EFNA) index. The good news: Alabama’s economic freedom increased slightly....
Daniel Sutter: Economic freedom and the pandemic
The 2022 Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) report confirms what many economists suspected: COVID-19 took a toll on economic freedom in...
Daniel Sutter: Labor Day reflections on quiet quitting
Labor Day was established in 1894 to honor America’s workers. “Quiet quitting” refers to working no more than necessary to keep your...
Dan Sutter: Is This a Recession?
Inflation-adjusted (real) GDP dipped 0.9 percent in the second quarter (Q2) after declining 1.6 percent in the first quarter, igniting debate over...
Daniel Sutter: The predictable effects of price controls
It’s a seemingly simple request. Surely Washington can lower the price of gasoline to provide Americans relief at the pump. Democrats in...
Daniel Sutter: What is wrong with San Francisco?
San Francisco is one of the most beautiful and affluent cities in the world. And yet San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle have...
