Alexander Oakes

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02/01/2025 Power & Market Alexander Oakes

So far, 2025 has been anything from dull. The incoming president has been sentenced for 34 felony counts, California is facing some of the most severe wildfires in American history, and the Republican...

Joe Biden’s Reverse Robin Hood Student Debt Cancellation

06/20/2024 Mises Wire Alexander Oakes

The Biden administration recently announced that it is canceling another $7.7 billion in student debt, and this will bring the total amount of student debt it has forgiven to over $160 billion since...

Chess, Trans Athletes, and Free Markets in Sports

09/21/2023 Mises Wire Alexander Oakes

Transgender athletes are becoming increasingly more common in athletic competitions, and this has spurred a great deal of criticism from the right side of the political aisle. Their argument is simple...

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Joe Biden’s Reverse Robin Hood Student Debt Cancellation

06/28/2024 Alexander Oakes

President Biden’s student loan forgiveness scheme is really Robin Hood in reverse, transferring wealth from people from lower-income groups to those who are relatively affluent.

Chess, Trans Athletes, and Free Markets in Sports

10/16/2023 Alexander Oakes

Is there a way out of the seemingly intractable demands that trans athletes who are "transitioning" from male to female be permitted to compete with female athletes? There may be a free-market solution.

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