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March 19, 2026 Guest Commentaries

AI Won’t Kill Jobs – Regulation Might

As AI continues to grow more complex and capable, many are understandably concerned about its economic consequences. The true AI-related danger, however, is not its displacement of jobs, but the regime that will likely emerge to funnel its benefits to the state and its favored rent-seekers. The following article was originally published by the Mises […]

March 19, 2026 Original Analysis

The State and the Death of The Small Town

In 1800, only 5% of the American population lived in cities, yet by 2020 that proportion had flipped dramatically and now only 20% live outside of them. This is not a result of mere preference or expediency, but rather a long process of natural momentum accelerated by regulatory overreach. Vast increases in agricultural productivity and […]

March 18, 2026 Original Analysis

3 Regulatory Categories in Financial Innovation

As regulation seeks to enclose the rapidly expanding financial services sector, the freedom found in innovation proves that success for customer and business alike can be found best far from restrictive regulations. While regulation often inherently favors the businesses that already exist, regulators also try to keep up with recent business trends to prevent fraud, […]

March 16, 2026 Original Analysis

The Deadly Tradeoff Between Learning and Safety

Although learning things the hard way is often seen as a benchmark of failure, it often might be the only way to learn. Particularly in situations of first time discovery, repeated failure is all but necessary to produce a meaningful new outcome. Learning things the hard way should only be seen as failure when one […]