As a small boy, one of my favorite stories was my Uncle Curt’s tale about a hostler buddy of his who had ended his railroad career by putting most of…

For economists, optimism is unnatural. Thus, as I digested the STB hearings on rail growth, I became increasingly uncomfortable with my buoyancy. As creepy as it sounds, the hearings left…

I am a market economist and I’d sooner eat a bucket of ballast than have it said that I prefer any other market structure over competition or that government intervention…