Parkview Institute

Americans are voting to block data centers and bracing for AI to wipe out jobs. John Tamny argues the fear is backwards: automation erases the mundane parts of blue collar work and upsizes workers into specialized, better-paid, white collar work.

Why isn't money the same as wealth? In this July 2016 Encounter Books interview, John Tamny uses a thought experiment, a ruler and a barter example to explain money as a measure and a means of exchange. What makes money useful?

Republicans say Harris would have been worse than Trump. Impossible, John Tamny argues: in opposition they'd never have allowed her to govern as Trump has. Would they have let Harris take 'golden shares' in U.S. corporations?

Utah's winter 2025-26 brought oh-so-light snow. Prediction markets offer contracts that would only pay out if snow is insufficient. The state's AG instead charged Kalshi with felonies. What hedges the next thin winter?

As calls grow to roll back tariffs, John Tamny argues protectionism rests on a false premise: that the world walls out U.S. goods. American brands, dollars, and English saturate every prosperous country. The world is feverishly buying Americana.

What progress never gets the chance to happen? In this August 2025 Beltway Briefing interview, John Tamny argues that government spending has an unseen cost: resources unavailable to entrepreneurs pursuing unfamiliar ideas. What progress are we missing?

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Utah is criminalizing prediction markets as gambling. John Tamny argues the criminalization is the gamble: it reduces business owners to hoping for good luck rather than hedging with knowledge. Should hedging a light winter be illegal?

The national debt has exploded since 1980 because taxable U.S. wealth soared and lenders lend eagerly against it. More revenue means more borrowing capacity, not less debt. Would a payroll-tax expansion shrink the debt or feed it?

The debt conversation is roaring back at $40 trillion. John Tamny argues: "The national debt isn’t an effect of Congress overspending, nor will it be fixed by reform of how Congress spends." The real crisis is too much tax revenue.