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How the Market Can Redeem the University
To turn knowledge into productive action, it requires practice and application.
Taxi Drivers Are Persecuted by Regulation, Not Innovation
The drivers see themselves as victims of innovation when actually the complete opposite is the case: regulation is holding them back.
How to Feel One with Your City
Get a job as soon as possible. Become a part of the flow. Contribute. Create Value.
Trade Wars Lead to Shooting Wars and Depressions
Trade wars were a principal factor in causing the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II.
Milton Friedman: The Way We Talk about Trade Confuses the Issue
Once again, the “mercantilist-in-chief” demonstrates his uninformed and “upside-down” thinking about trade and trade deficits.
Classical Liberalism Doesn't Play Favorites
A rule of law that is worthy of the name does not play favorites, and this insight remains one of the highest ideals of classical liberalism.
10 Years After the 2008 Financial Meltdown, How Has Capitalism Performed for Humanity?
Looking back, what are we to make of the last ten years?
Could Amazon Buy a Country?
It seems crazy to think about, but it would save Amazon a ton of taxes if they could set their own tax policy for a headquarters.
Free-Range Parenting Makes for Responsible Kids. We Shouldn't Penalize It
In the age of helicopter parenting, free-range parenting is under attack.
Robots Are Coming for Our Jobs. Thank Goodness.
For the vast majority of us, technologically-induced labor market change will make our working lives better, and we should look forward to it with glee.
How the Closing of the Campus Mind Threatens Freedom
In contemporary America, particularly on college campuses, opinions based on feelings top everything.
Who Paid for the Mayflower?
The Pilgrims weren't exactly rolling in cash, so how did they pay for their journey to the New World?
Which State Will Be the First to Suffer Fiscal Collapse?
Tax-motivated migration may put fiscally irresponsible states at risk of financial collapse. Which will be first?
Blow-Dry Bars Don't Even Cut Hair, So Why Do They Need Licenses?
The state’s willingness to prohibit and potentially imprison people for working to earn a living is shocking.
Reasons for Anti-Capitalism: Ignorance, Arrogance, and Envy
One would think that the market economy would be hailed as the most important social institution humanity had stumbled upon in all of human history.
China’s ‘Social Credit System’ Sounds Pretty Dystopian, but Are We Far Behind?
The ACLU declared China’s system “nightmarish,” and it’s not difficult to see why.
John Bright Was the Voice of Victorian Liberalism
John Bright did more than anyone else to bring about the great advances for liberty in 19th-century Britain.
Venezuela’s President Tackles Economic Crisis by Deleting 3 Zeros From its Currency
Nicolás Maduro's attempt to control hyper-inflation by deleting zeroes from its currency won't work.
Trump’s Failing Grade on Trade Threatens His Overall GPA on Economic Policy
He is hopeless on trade, and I sometimes wonder if he wants a failing grade.
Social Security Is Doomed. Now What?
No matter how you slice it, the program is going to fail.
The '80s Called —They Want Their Trade Policy Back
We really should put protectionism in a drawer between the acid-washed denim pegged jeans and old leg warmers.
Guess Why Fremont, California Is the Happiest City in America
Fremont, CA, has a lot going for it, and your city can too.
A Teacher's Dissent on "March for Our Lives"
Are student walkouts a sign of critical thinking or political manipulation?
EPA’s Lack of Transparency Is a Breeding Ground for Junk Science
Refusing to make core data publicly available casts serious doubt on the veracity of the stated conclusions of scientific studies.
Purpose-Driven Learning Is the Only Kind that Lasts
"Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."—Plato
Misleading Models Are Leading Economists Astray
An economic framework must always be examined at the level of the individual to assess its impact.
Why a Facelift Costs Less Than a Knee Replacement
Hint: it's because of competitive markets.
Are There Market Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic?
For-profit businesses are developing entrepreneurial solutions to the overdose problem.
Use This Amazing Resource to Track How Humans Are Making Progress around the World
We don’t have to agree on the cause in order to make the situation better:
The Ongoing Implosion of Venezuelan Statism
Venezuela's continuing economic collapse is a horrifying condemnation of how socialism actually works.
Why the Chicken Tariff Made It Harder to Cross the Road
In the 60s, a tax on chickens became a tax on light trucks, and it's still causing problems.
King George III Would Have Loved Today's Gun Control Movement
The only "common sense gun control" that its advocates are eventually going to agree on is to take your guns away.
Markets Reduce Misery. But What about Meaning?
Surely it is better to search for the meaning of life on a full, rather than an empty, stomach.
Why California's Lawsuit Industry Wants You to Think Coffee Causes Cancer
Prop 65 is a financial shakedown in the name of health and safety.
Gun Control Advocates Are Finally Admitting What They Really Want
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens finally says what others think: that the 2nd Amendment should be repealed.
Is China "Stealing" Intellectual Property and Does It Matter?
It’s one thing to steal, and quite another to execute on what’s allegedly “stolen.”
Belief in College Has Become Religious
Attending college is the most pervasive religious act today.
A Flourishing Hemp Industry Is Growing in Colorado
There is one thing that sets this state apart from most of the others: an almost total disregard of federal law.
The Simple Reason Why Steel Tariffs Will Destroy More Jobs Than They Create
It all comes down to who's producing and who's consuming.
Why Botswana Is Better Off Than Zimbabwe
A tale of two African nations.
Why the UK Chooses Free Trade
Freeing trade is one of the confident choices we must now make.
There Are Two Ways to Get Wealth: the Economic and the Political
Franz Oppenheimer clarified the nature of the State.
3 Facepalm Moments in Regulation
It’s galling that the clowns in Washington have made our existence less pleasant.
New Law in Utah Protects Free-Range Kids from Government "Protection"
It’s a sad commentary on American childhood when we need laws to protect parents from persecution for letting their kids walk, play, or stay unsupervised.
Why the Line-Item Veto Is Not an Idea We Should Be Resurrecting
Americans should be wary of the line-item veto.
We Don't Give Our Kids Exams. But That Does Not Mean They Are Not Tested.
True discipline is self-imposed.
Tulip Mania, Not a Myth
The recent 'debunking' was anything but.
Machiavelli Wasn't Machiavellian
Machiavelli's earlier book displayed strong support for free speech, a republican form of government, and compromise.
William Penn Was America's First Great Champion for Liberty and Peace
Penn was a remarkable diplomat for religious toleration.
The Demands of Antifa and the Original Fascists Have a Lot in Common
The members of Antifa are not opponents to fascism but its genuine representatives.
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