Taking Government Out of GDP, An Update

The latest Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows a net decrease from Q4 2024. This net decrease “primarily reflected an increase in imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, and a decrease in government spending…partly offset by increases in investment, consumer spending, and exports.”…

3 Cara Praktis Mengubah Lemari Dan Pikiran

Kalau ngomongin soal Minimalist Diary, jujur aja saya dulu agak skeptis. Saya pikir minimalis itu cuma soal gaya hidup yang nyiksa, kayak harus ngurang-ngurangin lifestyle barang sampai cuma punya beberapa baju, dan hidup jadi monoton. Tapi lama-lama, setelah ngalamin fase berantakan yang cukup bikin kepala wikipedia mumet, saya mulai mencoba konsep minimalis ini. Dan, percaya…

Relative Drug Pricing is Bad Medicine

On May 12, President Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at lowering US prescription drug prices. In keeping with his tariff policy, the president was motivated by the price differences — often vast — between identical prescription drugs sold in the US and in the rest of the world. The EO ordered the US Trade…

Taking Government Out of GDP, An Update

The latest Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows a net decrease from Q4 2024. This net decrease “primarily reflected an increase in imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, and a decrease in government spending…partly offset by increases in investment, consumer spending, and exports.”…

Is the EU a Free Trade Zone?

On January 1, 1993, the European Single Market came into being. The previous October, British Prime Minister John Major had looked forward to “a single European market of 330 million people…A market for British computers. British cars. British televisions. British textiles. British services. British skills. The biggest free trade area in the world.”  By eliminating…