from FEE

“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” - Milton Friedman

Hidden behind the rhetoric of a "millionaires' tax" is a flimsy case for states trying to raise taxes on the wealthy.

Congress and President Trump are considering putting pork back on the table.

Shame and humiliation underlie most acts of extreme violence.

Tariffs were not the driving force behind US industrialization.

What are your favorite sayings?

You have to communicate and sell your ideas effectively.

Actions that do not produce an identifiable victim are not crimes.

A must see film for every dreamer and entrepreneur.

In today’s dollars, the real gas tax rate has risen substantially since the early 1980s.

Renaming the problem a “heroin and fentanyl crisis” might be a way to trigger a refocus.

Jury nullification is a long-standing tradition in both American and British criminal law, and, despite government's best efforts, the practice is becoming more common once again.

Only on the free market of ideas can information be checked and double-checked.

Dr. Doan works tirelessly to change the world with his defense of liberty.

The Mexican government is a grim example of the “stationary bandit” in action.

A message of freedom to the people of Brazil.

Nothing inherent to commerce requires that rights end where commerce begins.

The corrective to political abstractions and personal isolation is the localization of national concerns.

With opportunities for unskilled young people disappearing, it is all the more vital that education provides our children with the skills they need to succeed.

The point of the Constitution is to limit the government, not "reinterpret" it to mean whatever you want it to mean.

Collective narcissists demand privileged treatment, not equal rights.

How much disease has been caused by the Food Pyramid?

A company I wanted to pay denied me service because my values did not line up with theirs. And that's their right.

The only fight that happens on the streets of Lviv is competition for customers.

Abusing the bankruptcy system threatens to undermine one of the most important aspects of our economies.

These words of wisdom are applicable not only to Rand’s success but to the careers of any great achiever.

People tend to panic when media tech leaps forward, but that doesn't mean it needs government intervention.

Dr. Robert Wang, creator of the Instant Pot, has read all 39,000 Amazon customer product reviews.

Jobs might become less lucrative, but they aren’t stolen.

After the Brexit referendum, there were many dire predictions for the British economy, but have any of them come true?

The increase in incarceration has a devastating effect on the workforce.

The point of money is what it can buy, not simply possessing it.

Lighter burdens and higher productivity, not mandates like the minimum wage, are the path to higher wages.

Justin Trudeau says he wants "free trade," but what he really seems to want is cozy protectionism.

But a potential amendment could outlaw that.

Today, roughly 1 in 4 fathers don't live with their kids.

Should the survival of humanity hinge on bureaucratic protocols?

Good news for civil libertarians and New Yorkers

A trend that follows growth in state power

Modernization is not Westernization

Government has become a “respectable” way to violate what it supposedly defends.

The growing prevalence of refrigerators is partly due to their declining cost and partly due to people’s growing incomes.

The most important difference between Bitcoin and gold lies in their contrasting supply and demand mechanisms

Demand risk partnerships are good because user fees ensure that projects are worthwhile and costs do not get out of control.

Policies might be aimed at the rich, but the poor tend to suffer the most damage.

One can only assume that he has never experienced the treatments associated with stage-four cancer.

Loneliness threatens to overwhelm the government health system.

Bitcoin’s price surge has brought mainstream attention to these new ideas, and that in itself provides great value.

Burdensome FDA regulations and other laws created a monopoly.

Some patients just need to get to the hospital.