Walter Donway

Economics

Oil Prices Tumble As Competition Revives Supply

When a sharply lower price per gallon pops up at local gasoline pumps, it can induce a momentary cognitive dissonance.…

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Economics

Meta on Trial—But Free Enterprise Is the Real Defendant

The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial of Meta Platforms, Inc. — parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — that…

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Economics

PBS and NPR: A Free Press Doesn’t Need a Government Budget Line 

On May 1, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and all…

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Economics

High-Stakes Gamble: Is College Still Worth It?

My son says “College is bullshit” — and he’s only 10 years old — my physician told me. The boy…

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Economics

Is Bitcoin Ready To Retire Gold?

Gold has won the competition — a plebiscite as long-running as established civilizations — to be crowned mankind’s universal choice…

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Economics

Retaliatory Tariffs? Again? 

It must be frustrating to be an economist. Theoretical discussions and arguments about tariffs date back to at least the…

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Economics

NIH: The $47-Billion Sacred Cow Is Scared

Tocsins are ringing over the Trump administration’s initial attempts to rein in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) $47 billion…

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