The real threat of AI is spiritual

Putin’s economic alchemy begins to tarnish

Russia

The regime’s fiscal contortions reveal a deeper vulnerability

Alexander Kolyandr

Without federal EV subsidies, ‘Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,’ Trump said

Jacob Heilbrunn

Our current policies have landed us with a $37 trillion federal debt. That is not sustainable

Roger Kimball

No one knows how President Trump’s efforts to use American tariffs to force our trading partners to lower theirs will turn out

John Steele Gordon

Politics

Our biggest threat isn’t Russia or China, but our own elite

Roger Kimball

Economics
January 31, 2023
Why it’s time to end the debt ceiling and fund the IRS
In order to shrink the government we need to think outside the lines
Bobby Miller
Economics
October 18, 2021
The return of inflation
Inflation seldom explodes overnight: it builds up gradually
Kenneth Rogoff
Politics
September 10, 2021
Congress pretends to hold the Pentagon accountable
Lawmakers claim to be outraged over Afghanistan. So why are they about to throw money at the generals?
Jonathan Bydlak
Spectator Editorial
November 23, 2019
Forever in our debt
To be overspending to the extent that Trump is doing is to invite disaster
Spectator Editorial