Main Street Economics Main Street Economics is devoted to educating the American voting public about basic economic concepts behind the problems facing our country and then offering solutions to those problems. We explain basic economics in laymen’s terms and analyze the issues facing our government. Common sense is used to present the policy ideas which…
Stagflation, Pitchfork Economics and What’s to Come: A Survival Guide
Part of the reason the world is in such a mess is that the politically attractive “solution” to a supply shock– that is, checks in the mail — exacerbates rather than cures the problem. The typical reaction of policymakers is to stimulate a stalled economy by pumping up aggregate demand. But that knee-jerk answer ignores…
Supermodels, Deception, and Redemption
We’ve all been there. Bowled over at first sight; eye-catching, known world-wide, and the subject of entire books. What a package! But as your acquaintance deepens you sense that something’s amiss… Maybe you’re not getting the straight story… And maybe you start looking around. That was certainly the case for me. Like most people, the…
A Realignment Strategy to Turn the Tide
We’re at one of the most polarized cultural and political points in American history. If you’re like me, you’re sick of it. But you don’t want to surrender liberty for the sake of unity. We need a strategy for cultural and political realignment that preserves the liberty we still enjoy and restores that which we…
From “Sickcare” to Healthcare and Your 200th Birthday
Are you sick to death of being sick and dying? Today, we have “sickcare.” You get sick. You get treatments. Some are useful, others not. Your choices are often limited by government. And you fight about how to pay the bills. As you age, you’ll fall ill more often. You’ll find that treatments to stop…
Using Persuasion to Break Through in the Attention Economy
Advocating for liberty can feel like we’re swimming against the tide. We operate in an attention economy and attention is a scarce resource. Every brand, entertainer, politician and individual is competing for the attention of an audience. We need to earn every second of attention we can get. That’s why it’s key to understand how…
WHAT DAMAGE WILL THE FED DO NEXT?
How long before the Federal Reserve caves in to deteriorating market and economic news and stops tightening? I have little doubt that we will see the “Powell pivot” before inflation is firmly under control, and even less doubt that the Fed will be unable to bring inflation down without causing serious damage to asset prices…
The East Coast Expansion Accelerates and Brands Emerge
Cannapreneur Partners is currently focused on the east coast. Why? Cannapreneur Partners’ eyes are set on the clear and present cannabis revolution taking place on the East Coast of the country. States such as Massachusetts have shown that the market is hungry for better and affordable access to high-quality, legal cannabis products. 39 states have…
Gun Rights in Troubled Times
Don’t be put on the defensive—we’re proud to fight for gun rights in troubled times 2022 has been a notably violent and chaotic year. Shortly after the tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde, we’re now learning details about a would-be assassin targeting Justice Kavanaugh, while voters have recalled San Francisco’s District Attorney amid surging crime and…
More Christians Need to be Libertarian, and We Know How to Convince Them
Rejecting the Christian Attraction to Political Power Many Christians in America – on both Left and Right – have been grasping for power instead of standing up for the principles that enable human flourishing. They have fallen prey to the allure of the status, privilege, and power granted by an institution that the Church has…