Category: Analysis

Euros & Dollars: A Risk Premium on U.S. Debt?

At the start of 2024, there was a trend break on the market for sovereign debt that suggests investors may be asking a risk premium to buy U.S. government debt.

Germany’s Car-Crash Coalition

Germany’s Car-Crash Coalition

A look back at two years of Olaf Scholz’s disastrous government.

December 8, 2023
Euros & Dollars: Good News for Indebted Euro-Zone Governments

Euros & Dollars: Good News for Indebted Euro-Zone Governments

Just in time for the recession, Europe may see the benefits of lower interest rates.

December 6, 2023
Euros & Dollars: The Three Phases of U.S. Fiscal Decline

Euros & Dollars: The Three Phases of U.S. Fiscal Decline

Congress is borrowing 26 cents of every dollar they spend. Only structural spending reforms can prevent a fiscal meltdown—and time is running out.

December 5, 2023
Peacemaking and Property Rights

Peacemaking and Property Rights

Private property plays an important role in peace.

November 30, 2023
Why the Czechs Should Reject the Euro

Why the Czechs Should Reject the Euro

On the surface, everything looks good for the Czechs to join the euro. But look a bit closer, and the picture changes dramatically.

November 30, 2023
Ukraine and the EU: The Case for Caution

Ukraine and the EU: The Case for Caution

The EU should look to its own interests before hastily admitting a corrupt and war-torn state.

November 29, 2023
EU Debt Crisis: Germany Leads the Way

EU Debt Crisis: Germany Leads the Way

The German government again suspends its debt brake. So far, their country has been saved by its formidable export machine. Those days are gone.

November 29, 2023
Cleaning Up European Energy

Cleaning Up European Energy

Strategic and economic realities are forcing Europe to moderate its energy policy experiment.

“People Have Been Abandoned”: The Town That Epitomises Germany’s Migrant Failure

“People Have Been Abandoned”: The Town That Epitomises Germany’s Migrant Failure

A Thuringian town, like many in Germany, grapples with a massive influx of migrants. Locals talked to us about their fears.

November 24, 2023
National Conservatism and the Welfare State, Part II

National Conservatism and the Welfare State, Part II

Putting conservatism to work is a decades-long project. It requires patience and intellectual courage. We national conservatives have what it takes.

November 23, 2023
“We Are Being Governed by Idiots”: Why Germany is Turning Right

“We Are Being Governed by Idiots”: Why Germany is Turning Right

What’s behind the rise of the right-wing/populist AfD? We went to Eastern Germany to find out.

November 23, 2023
Geert Wilders, Bogeyman to the Left, Now in Driver’s Seat

Geert Wilders, Bogeyman to the Left, Now in Driver’s Seat

The Dutch populist Right’s historic victory shows just how disconnected the liberal establishment was from the people, although the road to a right-wing coalition government might be a rocky one.