Peter Jacobsen

Artificial Intelligence Wrote This Article on Property Rights

I wrote this article using the OpenAI Playground. OpenAI Playground is a tool that allows users to generate text using…

3 years ago

8 Times C.S. Lewis Displayed Brilliant Political Commentary in the Chronicles of Narnia

The last few months, I’ve been reading through Chronicles of Narnia with my daughters. It’s made bedtime reading a joy…

3 years ago

Is Health Insurance Really Insurance?

The last few “Ask An Economist” questions sent my way have dealt with questions regarding money and banking, so I…

3 years ago

Trump and the Media’s Prisoner’s Dilemma

Journalists have Trump on full blast after the results of the midterms. The popular narrative is that the relatively good…

3 years ago

What Is ‘Tight’ Monetary Policy—and Can it Deliver a ‘Soft Landing’?

My recent article on how the Federal Reserve creates money drew a lot of responses. One follow-up in particular from…

3 years ago

Why Do Big Cities Tend to Have More Big Government?

Last week I answered a question from a FEE reader on how the Federal Reserve creates money. This week, Aaron,…

3 years ago

How Does the Federal Reserve Create Money?

A few weeks ago, I solicited FEE daily readers for their questions about economics. Pretty quickly I got a question…

3 years ago

Why I Love Landlords – Foundation for Economic Education

Last week my heart sank as I stood staring at my water meter. I had shut off the water to…

3 years ago

Abolish the Economics Nobel Prize

In 1974, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (colloquially known as the Nobel Prize…

3 years ago

Why More Dense Housing Means More Spacious Living

Over the years, FEE has published and republished several articles about something called “market urbanism.” Before I started writing for…

3 years ago

Green Policies Cause UAE to Increase Oil Production

Recent news out of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) suggests the country is planning to ramp up oil production. The…

3 years ago

Is Tenure Really Dying? And Would That Be Good or Bad?

Throughout the United States, several stories have emerged about politicians and organizations interested in ending the institution of tenure in…

3 years ago

Economic Freedom Falls in the United States, Global Report Shows

The Fraser Institute’s 2022 Economic Freedom of the World Index report has been released. This year's report covers the year…

3 years ago

How Much Profit Are Businesses Making? The Answer Is More Complicated Than You Might Think

Recent headlines claim corporate profits are at a 70 year high in the United States. The claim isn’t unambiguously true.…

3 years ago

Biden’s Forgiveness Proposal Means Lower Quality Education

As I predicted, Biden’s latest policy announcement spelled the end of the student loan payment pause which began during Covid-19…

4 years ago