from FEE

Coolidge was ahead of his time — and ahead of Democrats — on equal rights.

In the latest Jurassic Park installment, Massie Lockwood reminds us that a moral society will protect the right of individuals to choose, not violate their rights with force.

While Rand is perhaps most renowned for her political and moral philosophy, Objectivism constitutes a full philosophical system that includes a beautiful theory of love.

A review of Alfredo Ortiz’s new book.

'Succession' is entertaining and well-written. It also has many strategic interactions which give us a good opportunity to learn some game theory.

Slavery cannot be justified or excused by enlightened people, but it can be studied, explained, put in context, and understood—if all the facts of it are in the equation.

Even entrepreneurs are subject to someone above them.

Using the free market to protect speech is a much better solution than state coercion.

The cause of freedom needs educators, not inquisitors.

Ask an Economist #8

How Leonard Read's electric candle illuminated the world.

Modern socialists may prefer to distance themselves from Stalin and Mao, but progressives were singing a very different tune in the twentieth century.

To enforce voting mandate an even more invasive government than Americans are faced with today.

There are a lot of bad ideas in the book, but three of them warrant particular attention.

China created a crackdown cycle that is undermining entrepreneurship and investment.

The battle to extend liberty to all is one of the great achievements of mankind, yet many misconceptions about slavery exist even today.

Heinlein’s piercing remarks are as relevant today as ever.

Ludwig von Mises understood that without free market prices, planning would necessarily be irrational.

Born in Warsaw, Kisielewski was a man of many talents—including a knack for getting under the skin of Communist leaders.

Inflation is a government externality that has made my favorite cookies twice as expensive.

As AI proliferates, it will become impossible to ignore the fact that students will be able to score a significant number of points in one minute by having AI write for them.

The controversy around Meghan Markle and Prince Harry has caused a free speech crisis in the United Kingdom.

For truth telling and hard work.

Like James Bond, British spy William Stephenson (aka Intrepid) had a "license to kill" and a taste for potent martinis. But his life also raises important questions about the methods of government spy agencies, including the CIA.

Thompson’s blistering attacks on political and economic authoritarianism abroad mirrored what she often said about similar developments here in America.

Removing Section 230 would stifle engagement and interaction in the online realm.

It may sound cruel to say so, but such thinking closely mirrors that of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

When even the smallest details regarding a property fall under the purview of government, the inevitable result is a society of busybodies.

A main concern about ChatGPT is that students will use it to cheat. But the root question is: Why do students cheat?

Canadian dairy farmer Jerry Huigen explains why he’s heartbroken to dump 30,000 liters of milk amid surging dairy prices.

Government overpromises leave us only with difficult choices.

Freedom of speech is functionally extinct in Britain. Americans should learn the lessons from our experience.

How game theory can help you be a better parent

After decades of forced sterilizations followed by feeble apologies, California is shifting to the endgame of its century-long sterilization program: taxing innocent citizens to pay off its victims.

The realism of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' destroyed illusions about nationalism and the glories of war.

Dorothy Thompson deserves to be far better remembered than she presently is.

It is a common myth that it is minimum wage hikes, not the shifting landscape of supply and demand, that lead wages to rise.

In 1964, FEE founder Leonard Read made the case for the free market in education. His words are even more relevant today.

Home equity theft is a much bigger problem than many realize.

Do you have what it takes to attain the highest level?

There are problems with putting the law before the truth.

Every dollar the government must borrow is a dollar not available for private businesses or individuals to borrow, and that reduces future economic growth and job creation.

How to tell the difference.

Socialists will continue to argue that Nazism was not “real” socialism, but the Nazi propaganda despised capitalism and spoke like Karl Marx.

What unseen effects did the “small present good” of a $558 billion highway network mask?

When we break down the core institution of free speech, we lose a lot of what made America so successful in the first place.

When Wilkes died in 1797, British liberty was more robust than it was in the year of his birth—in part because of him and his “radicalism.”

A third perspective on protests, free speech, and freedom of assembly.

Markets might not be perfectly efficient, but they’re efficient enough that most investors should recognize that iftheyknow something about a stock, the price already reflects it.

In 'Democracy in America,' Alexis de Tocqueville explained how the “principle ideas” of New England foundation served as the foundation of social theory in the United States.