Source: EconLog
by Kevin Corcoran

“Occasionally, I use a grocery delivery service—not always, and not for every item. In a vacuum, one might think that having someone else take the time to gather grocery items for me and bring those items to my house seems clearly advantageous. So why don’t I always use this service? A few ideas from economics help explain why.” (09/03/25)

https://www.econlib.org/economics-problems-of-grocery-delivery/

Source: Informed Comment
by F Douglas Stephenson

“When it comes to for-profit, private corporate incarceration of immigrants, making lots of money is like drinking salt water: The more they drink, the thirstier they get. Roman proverbs say that the more money a rich man has, the more driven and addicted he becomes to accumulating even more money. Wealth addiction is at the root of giant private prison corporations’ domination of the US government as communities take a back seat to the need for private profit. Many government leaders from both political parties share the same ‘profits over people’ ideology. The industry is preparing for explosive growth. On recent earnings calls, CoreCivic executives announced plans to triple the number of beds in their facilities within a few months. That would mean an additional $1.5 billion in revenue for the corporation, more than doubling its annual earnings.” (09/03/25)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-immigration-private-prisons

Source: Niskanen Center
by Jenny Williams & Donald Weatherburn

“After a long period of steady decline, the U.S. imprisonment rate rose by 2 percent between 2021 and 2022. In Maine, Connecticut, Kentucky, Rhode Island, North Dakota, Minnesota, Tennessee, Colorado, and Montana, the increase in prisoner numbers exceeded 6 percent. Mississippi’s prison population over this period grew by almost 15 percent. This is enormously expensive. The cost of imprisonment in the U.S. amounts to more than $80 billion per annum — money that could otherwise be spent on imperatives like public infrastructure, education, and healthcare. … The appeal of electronic monitoring is that it provides a low-cost means of depriving offenders of their liberty and monitoring their movements.” (09/03/25)

https://www.niskanencenter.org/can-we-reduce-the-imprisonment-rate-without-endangering-public-safety-the-promise-of-electronic-monitoring/

Source: Town Hall
by Mark Lewis

“The Left [sic] wants to change America. Duh. I’m not talking about technological changes here. We’d all like to see improvements in technology, science, and medicine make life easier and healthier for all. But that has nothing to do with the eternal principles of virtue, morality, righteousness, or love thy neighbor as thyself. Those principles can, and should, apply as much in an industrial society as they do in an agricultural one. Industry and technology don’t justify murder, theft, adultery, etc. Virtuous principles are eternal and apply in whatever age man finds himself. But industrial ‘progress’ is not what the Left means by ‘progress.’ The main thing the Left wants is power. They want godless tyranny, not virtuous freedom to dominate and to rule. That’s the America they envision, one where, as in previous and current leftist societies, they dictate what the rest of us can and cannot say and do.” (09/03/25)

https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2025/09/03/the-lefts-vision-for-america-n2662683

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Cláudia Ascensão Nunes

“Soon, the European Union is set to vote on the so-called ‘Chat Control’ legislation. Under the pretext of protecting children from online predators, the privacy of millions of users could be undermined. If passed, this means that Brussels will impose its vision on the world, one increasingly detached from liberty. Concerns about Chat Control have been growing among Europeans in the leadup to the vote, scheduled for October. However, the attempt to control citizens’ private conversations is not new: the debate has dragged on since 2021, and in the United Kingdom, similar legislation passed through the Online Safety Act of 2023.” (09/03/25)

https://fee.org/articles/chat-control/