from FEE

New conservative opinions on marijuana shine a light on questionable congressional lobbying tactics.

It's a tough one to call.

It doesn't matter where or what kind—all state intervention in the economy slows it down.

In many regards, Europe is lagging far behind the U.S. when it comes to legal marijuana.

Every hero is a potential villain who chose differently.

My Chinese students grasped—perhaps more than many Americans—the gift that America’s founders bequeathed to humanity.

Larry Reed talks common sense on liberty and economic freedom.

Antonio Rosmini was perhaps the staunchest defender of private property in 19th-century Italy.

Fun facts and figures about one of Americans' least favorite days.

The Euro Zone actually has some good things going for it, economically speaking.

What is essential to the idea of a slave?

Without abolishing the individual, the Scottish Enlightenment nonetheless made solidarity basic to human existence.

Innovation should never be feared because with technological progress comes more opportunities for the human race.

Did the ideas of F.A. Hayek make Australian cricket players cheat?

Today, abundance is no longer restricted to the West.

Sometimes it's important to get back to basics.

While not as aggressive as some countries, America's progressive taxation system still has negative impacts across the board.

Use opportunity cost to get your foot in the door with new opportunities and valuable people.

Don't begrudge your friends' successes, celebrate and enable them.

The demise of iconic American toy retailer Toys-R-Us has sent many into a nostalgic frenzy.

Competition that drives the market and technological innovations that make our world more wondrous with each passing year.

Our modern homeschooling freedoms come with the responsibility to protect those freedoms.

After more than two dozen failed attempts, Socialism has proven itself to be a disastrous philosophy.

How much influence does libertarianism have on Australian politics?

We must ask ourselves howwecan live and promote the good without causing even greater damage.

The answer to the outrage mob isn’t for the government to help Facebook entrench its position with some cronyistic regulation.

Children don’t like school because, like all human beings, they crave freedom.

Encryption can protect personal data from government intrusion, which means the government wants the key to break it.

Heavy police opposition to asset forfeiture restrictions in Minnesota is revealing, and shows the kind of push-back that happens in every state considering reform.

When you demand "Fill-In-Pet-Cause Rights," are you actually asking for rights, or are you asking for special, privileged treatment?

It turns out that everything you might think about CEOs may be wrong.

To what does the modern worker owe his high productivity?

“The pillars of our prosperity are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise.”

The historical fight against inequality has been a fight for freedom. But not anymore.

The U.S. Postal Service should be owned by private investors and accountable to consumers rather than politicians.

Before Congress decides to regulate it into near-uselessness, they should remind themselves of all the wonderful things social media in general, and Facebook specifically, has given the world.

Have faith that free men and women will respond to the “Invisible Hand” of freedom and personal self-interest, integrity, and fairness.

It may not always be an outright lie, but it's almost never entirely true, either.

Disengaged employees and “snowflake” college students both suffer from the same mindset.

He was a Brazilian hero whose timeless ideas are still shining a light in the darkness.

Real news could end up as collateral damage in the fake news panic.

Consumer data have to come from somewhere, and that somewhere is markets.

The State clearly knew best what "these" people really needed for them to have some minimum form of a "decent life."

America's universities are the best in the world. Why aren't our high schools, too?

Insisting upon professional qualifications for estate agents is a retrograde step.

If we want to have a serious discussion about the systematic oppression of minorities, we need to address the main source of this oppression: the government.

There is so much more to Bitcoin than its price.

Market survival increasingly requires business to adapt to ever-changing political conditions.

We shouldn't expect the labor participation rate to be 100 percent, or even near it, but the downward trend is worrying.

Regulators gonna regulate.