Buffalo Shooting, Baby Formula Flap, Build-Back-Better Inflation | Independent Outlook 38

May 18th, 2022

Independent Outlook is the regular round-table conversation from the Independent Institute that provides timely insights and cutting-edge commentary on the most pressing issues of the day. It features Independent’s Dr. Graham H. Walker (President of the Independent Institute), and Dr. Williamson M. Evers (Senior Fellow).

How can it be that New York State’s gun control laws—some of the toughest in the country—failed to stop a race-crazed killer who unleashed his mania on innocent citizens in Buffalo, NY? Also, why is baby formula suddenly in short supply? How about galloping inflation? Is the U.S. Treasury Secretary right that Build Back Better’s federal spending surge played only a small part in rising prices? And looking abroad, should Americans be sanguine about NATO expansion to Sweden and Finland, under the general theme of “Serves him right!”?