John Tamny

Bethesda

Hater of unoriginal thinking. President, Parkview Institute. Editor, RealClearMarkets. My next book, Bringing Adam Smith Into the American Home, is out 4/16.

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Articles

Mere Words In A Book Will Not Make Children Safer

4 days ago | forbes.com | John Tamny

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 07: An attendee holds a new Apple iPhone 14 Pro during an Apple ... More special event on September 07, 2022 in Cupertino, California. Apple unveiled the new iPhone 14 as well as new versions of the Apple Watch, including the Apple Watch SE, a low-cost version of the popular timepiece that will start st $249.
Fred Smith Was Too Smart for Joseph Schumpeter, and Donald Trump

5 days ago | kilgorenewsherald.com | John Tamny

The C grade Fred Smith received from a Yale professor about his vision for an overnight delivery service is much less remarkable than is assumed. Naturally Smith got a C. Rest assured that most investors gave him an F, assuming they bothered to hear Smith’s pitch in the first place. Evidence supporting the above claim can be found in the billions Smith left behind, along with the market cap ($54 billion) of FedEx itself.
Fred Smith Was Too Smart for Joseph Schumpeter, and Donald Trump

5 days ago | theohiopressnetwork.com | John Tamny

The C grade Fred Smith received from a Yale professor about his vision for an overnight delivery service is much less remarkable than is assumed. Naturally Smith got a C. Rest assured that most investors gave him an F, assuming they bothered to hear Smith’s pitch in the first place. Evidence supporting the above claim can be found in the billions Smith left behind, along with the market cap ($54 billion) of FedEx itself.
No, Once Again, The Federal Reserve Did Not Cause The Great Depression

6 days ago | forbes.com | John Tamny

Notorious gangster Al Capone attempts to help unemployed men with his soup kitchen "Big Al's Kitchen ... More for the Needy." The kitchen provides three meals a day consisting of soup with meat, bread, coffee, and doughnuts, feeding about 3500 people daily at a cost of $300 per day. Bettmann ArchiveThe Federal Reserve did not cause the Great Depression.
Elon Musk’s DOGE Wouldn’t Have Worked Even If It Had Worked

1 week ago | forbes.com | John Tamny

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 13: Elon Musk listens as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump addresses a ... More House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. As is tradition with incoming presidents, Trump is traveling to Washington, DC to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House as well as meet with Republican congressmen on Capitol Hill.
Whatever They Do, Don’t Let Them Reform An ‘Insolvent’ Social Security

1 week ago | forbes.com | John Tamny

The logo of the US Social Security Administration is seen outside a Social Security building, ... More November 5, 2020, in Burbank, California. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesLet’s start with the obvious, now and in the future Social Security payments aren’t remotely imperiled.
Books: Phil Gramm And Don Boudreaux Address Seven Major Economic Myths

1 week ago | forbes.com | John Tamny

The front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper with the headline 'Wall St. In Panic As Stocks ... More Crash', published on the day of the initial Wall Street Crash of 'Black Thursday', 24th October 1929. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe rain was heavy for parts of last weekend in the Washington, D.C. area. Seeing it coming down in sheets, it got me thinking about how people used to live. How awful it must have been in the days of primitive construction.
A Biden Era Tax Error Threatens One Of Trump’s Signature Achievements

1 week ago | forbes.com | John Tamny

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 13: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives to testify before the House ... More Financial Services Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. Yellen delivered her report on the state of the international financial system. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Getty ImagesFew are spared the burden of tax increases.
France’s CAC 40 Is Another Nail In The “Fed-As-Market-Opium” Narrative

1 week ago | forbes.com | John Tamny

A picture taken with a zoom effect shows the CAC 40 amongst stock tickers displayed at the ... More headquarters of the Pan-European stock exchange Euronext in La Defense district, near Paris, on April 27, 2018. (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesFrance’s best-known stock index, the CAC 40, is up 18 percent over the last twenty-five years. The S&P 500 is up 24 percent over the last two months. These numbers rate comment.
Temu Attacks Remind Us U.S. Politicians Were Never Stopping At TikTok

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | John Tamny

Shanghai,China-June 13st 2023: Amazon, eBay, SHEIN, Temu, Walmart, AliExpress, Lazada, Target and ... More Etsy app icon on screen. Assorted e-commerce company and brand logogettyTemu is a low-cost online marketplace that has had the temerity to achieve popularity with American buyers while also being Chinese.