Policy and Government

From Real Clear Markets, Adam Brandon and John Tamny school the shutdown alarmists.

Arthur Laffer: Our trade deficit is our capital surplus.

In the American Thinker, Antonio Chavez explains why Americans run from blue states.

Monetary

John Mauldin mocks the ‘infinite wisdom’ of the Fed’s economic models.

Tax

FEE: How ‘taxing the rich’ always harms the middle class.

Regulatory

At Forbes.com, Roslyn Layton says the STB must resist the urge to re-regulate railroads.