Thank you for listening to the 30th episode of "This Week's Economy," where I briefly recap and share my insights on key economic and policy news.

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Today, I cover:

1) National: The unfortunate human and economic costs of the Hamas-Israel war, Republicans nominate new US House speaker, latest CPI report shows that inflation remains high and will until the Fed cuts its balance sheet and Congress spends less, and real average weekly earnings decline;

2) States: Texas began a special session this week in efforts to tackle School Choice, vaccine mandates by businesses, and border security, and the Legislature is considering a large education funding increase which should be rejected and just pass Universal School Choice; and

3) Other: I discuss my opportunity to speak as a keynote at East Texans for Liberty meeting (reach out to me if you’d like me to speak at your event or be a guest on your show), latest interview on the Cato Daily Podcast, new commentary published by AIER on Hong Kong's declining economic freedom, and recent essay at Online Library of Liberty on what Homer taught us about the perils of big government.