Tag: Daniel Sutter
Dan Sutter: Another housing bubble?
Rapidly rising house prices are contributing to inflation but may also signal a housing market bubble. Overpriced real estate contributed to the...
Dan Sutter: Do sanctions work?
The United States and Europe imposed economic sanctions on Russia for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. I will let others debate the...
Dan Sutter: Should policy views disqualify a nominee?
The nomination of Cornell University law professor Saule Omarova to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has drawn...
Dan Sutter: Supply chains and the shortage economy
America is experiencing extended shortages of goods without recent precedent. The global transportation system is heavily congested, with dozens of ocean freighters waiting...
Dan Sutter: Pencils can teach as well as write
Can we learn economics from a pencil? We can, as one of the great contributions of economic education illustrates. America would be...
Dan Sutter: State and local barriers to entrepreneurship
State and local governments lure businesses with incentive packages. Yet these governments impose rules stifling entrepreneurs starting new businesses, forgetting that Amazon,...
Dan Sutter: Congress versus contractors
A 2019 California law reclassified drivers for ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft as employees instead of contractors. California voters overturned this law...
Dan Sutter: Dealing with scammers
Every society must protect against those who would use violence to steal from others. After controlling criminals, swindlers become a major fear...
Dan Sutter: The best way to fight COVID?
Governments have used nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPI), or lockdowns, to contain COVID-19. But do NPI protect public health overall? A group of medical...
Dan Sutter: Renewable fuels and ice cream
Recently a group of businesses, including Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, called on insurance companies to stop supporting fossil fuels. ...