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So Much for the Great UAW Unionization Wave

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Workers at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama voted against unionizing with the United Auto Workers on Friday.

People are seen next to robotic arms for a second battery tray assembly line at the opening of a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle Battery Factory in Woodstock, Ala., March 15, 2022.

The Supreme Court Isn’t Going to Fix Mandatory-Spending Dominance

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Congress holds the constitutional power over budgeting, and the people need to demand better of Congress.

A person walks past the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

What’s Going On with U.S. Worker Pay and Productivity

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
The problems the U.S. faces are different from the ones the economic doomsayers purport to describe.

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A Chinese Takeover of Taiwan without Full Invasion Is Plausible and Scary

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
A new report describes how China could pull it off — and what the U.S. and Taiwan must do to prevent it. 

China's aircraft carrier <i>Liaoning</i> (center) takes part in a military drill of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018.

Econception on What’s Wrong with Tariffs

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
If the tariff protects, it doesn’t raise revenue, and if it raises revenue, it doesn’t protect.

Container ships at the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex in Los Angeles, Calif., April 7, 2021.

Automobile Trade and Employment Hardly Changed Since USMCA

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
There’s no evidence yet of the USMCA creating any major swings in U.S. car production patterns or employment, almost four years after it went into effect.

On the assembly line at the General Motors plant in Romulus, Mich., August 21, 2019

The China Tariffs Aren’t about National Security

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Protecting industries overly cozy with the government has nothing to do with national security.

President Joe Biden speaks during an event regarding new tariffs targeting various Chinese exports, at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2024.

Pour One Out for David Trone

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
He gave up his life as the wealthy owner of a chain of wine stores to spend $107 million of his own money on campaigns that didn’t go much of anywhere. 

Congressman David J. Trone (D., Md.) delivers remarks during the National Second Chance Townhall at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C., April 24, 2023.

What Made the Onion Funny

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Ben Collins’s group purchasing The Onion has, predictably, led to very unfunny content. 

A pedestrian walks by an <i>Onion</i> news rack in San Francisco, Calif., May 5, 2009.

Airports Are Not Public Goods

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
American airports provide economic value to paying customers, like grocery stores and movie theaters do. They should not be government projects.

An American Airlines jet lands in front of planes backed up waiting to depart on the runway after flights earlier were grounded during an FAA system outage at Laguardia Airport in New York City, January 11, 2023.

Nissan Employees in New Jersey Decertify UAW

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Conservatives should not be intimidated by the coordinated PR campaign portraying the UAW as on the rise.

A person wearing a T-shirt that has “UAW member” written on it is pictured, in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 19, 2024.

Econception on the Looming 2025 Budget Mess

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Paul Winfree and I discuss the coincidence of budgetary deadlines that will make 2025 a messy year for fiscal policy.

The Capitol Building at sunrise in Washington, D.C., November 17, 2008

Question for the Columbia Occupiers

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
What happens when the school year is over?

A 32-Hour Work Week for Your Workers, Not Mine

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Senator Bernie Sanders and United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain know that their idea is silly.

Senator Bernie Sanders gestures as he speaks to the crowd as United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain and UAW Region 1 Director LaShawn English listen during a rally in Detroit, Mich., September 15, 2023.

Same Number of House GOP Supported Ukraine Aid in September as in April

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
After months of arguing between pro-Ukraine and anti-Ukraine groups, both sides persuaded a decent number of Republicans to switch their votes, but the total ended up in the same spot. 

Ukrainian national flags flutter in front of a heavily damaged apartment building in Orikhiv, Ukraine, February 28, 2024.

Don’t Devalue the Dollar, Pence Group Says

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Republicans should offer tax reforms to increase incentives to save and invest and credible plans to cut the deficit.

Former vice president Mike Pence stands at the podium after announcing he will discontinue his presidential campaign, during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nev., October 28, 2023.

Building Trades Unions Endorse Biden

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Republicans would be wise to accept unions for what they are: part of the progressive movement.

President Joe Biden and North America’s Building Trades Unions president Sean McGarvey shake hands at a conference held by the North America's Building Trades Unions at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., April 24, 2024.

Vernon Smith on Adam Smith

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
A modern student writes about the pioneering Scottish philosopher and economist.

Statue of Adam Smith in Edinburgh, Scotland

More Media Cheerleading for Unions after VW Tennessee Vote

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
We’re supposed to believe that a win for the UAW is a win for workers and indicative of a national trend in favor of union membership. But the evidence is still lacking for both of those propositions.

President of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) Shawn Fain signs a placard at a watch party in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 2024.

The Market Will Make Sure Caitlin Clark Gets Paid a Lot

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino
Don’t let the WNBA’s union pay scale get you down.

Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark (22) dribbles past Connecticut Huskies guard Nika Muhl (10) in the semifinals of the Final Four of the womens 2024 NCAA Tournament at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, April 5, 2024.
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