Policy and Government

Larry Kudlow says the EU is no free market.

At Zero Hedge, Steve Hanke debunks Paul Krugman’s data cherry-picking.

At Zero Hedge, Steve Hanke explains how to save the elephants.

The real backstory on Charles Jenkinson the British official behind the Stamp Act and the policy that triggered the Boston Tea Party (and, thus, the real Father of our Country), h/t Kevin Dowd.

Monetary

At The American Spectator, Ralph Benko reviews John Tamny’s “Who Needs The Fed? What Taylor Swift, Uber, and Robots Tell Us…”

Regulatory

Stephen Moore says the EPA is intentionally trying to shut down American energy.

At Forbes.com, Tim Worstall writes tariffs against China are working—Americans are poorer.

In the WSJ, Holman Jenkins Jr. praises Donald Trump’s energy plan.

In The Daily Caller, Andrew Follett reports fracking in Texas created 100,000 new jobs.