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Compulsory schooling was meant to save children from the dangerous conditions of the factory, but these days, "traditional" schooling is easily just as dangerous to children's well-being.

There's offensive, and then there's evil.

Millennials are into bitcoin far more than any other demographic, but those over 65 are deeply skeptical.

Modern racial justice movements like Black Lives Matter are embracing the historically false assumption that socialism is anti-racist.

“It is not difficult to deprive the great majority of independent thought.”

An individual’s potential must not be wasted because of the condition of their birth.

We can't even count the number of laws we have, much less know them all. Why should we be punished for that?

The truth is that the social ills that are faced throughout the world can be traced to this growth of government.

While some level of ignorance about the failures of the Soviet Union in its early days are understandable, by the 1980s there were no good excuses.

Contrary to the popular wisdom, the sticker “market fundamentalist” better fits opponents of the market system, not its defenders.

All the current chaos is a symptom of Bitcoin’s successes, not its failures.

Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito

Hate speech is pretty awful, but criminalizing it only opens the door for silencing other forms of speech.

There's a simple way to end the housing crisis in America, and it isn't the federal government.

Find a balance between security and convenience that is appropriate for your life.

What precisely does Bannon want? Higher taxes.

Not every country in the world has robust legal protections of private property. When the law fails, superstition can step in to help.

Libertarianism isn't to blame for the assault on the Senator from Kentucky.

The Internet and tech aren’t killing music, they are driving its creative explosion.

In an effort to protect the Welsh farming sector, Carwyn Jones wants the government to harm literally everybody else.

FEE's Campus Ambassador Program has members all over the world. Here are three outstanding examples.

And neither does state-driven accountability.

Our current reserves are not an indication of the total amount available to us in the long-run.

Despite ample evidence that nothing good comes of it, people still insist on defending communism.

There are a multiplicity of reasons why the liberal espouses virtues of openness, of acceptance, of above all else toleration.

We’re all entrepreneurs even if we don’t realize it. When a customer experience sends chills down our spine, we remember it.

Swift uses humor and cleverness to become the voice that dominates the conversation.

To understand why an idea should be rejected first requires that the idea be understood.

With the Republican tax reform bill in serious jeopardy, we can all look forward to the same old song-and-dance from politicians that basically amount to nothing.

If not for the corrupting lure of something for nothing, people would long ago have rejected the idea that wishes imply rights.

The college application season is simply the culmination of a long and arduous competition which begins many years before graduation.

War must be seen as a last resort.

That the welfare state is for the purpose of helping the poor is one of the great fictions of our time.

As we mark the 100 year anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, it's a good time to reflect on what we've learned from communism in practice.

And how to get it back.

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People criticizing Apple for "creating zero jobs" probably don't fully understand how economics work.

Capitalism is a loaded word. Try "willing exchange" instead.

Public shaming can be a very effective way to change people's behavior, but it's not very good at changing people's hearts.

With so much discord and divisiveness in the national dialogue, does America have a national identity anymore?

Cooperation with others isn't just a good way of securing material comfort; it's necessary for survival.

The iPhone’s legacy as an intuitive technological masterpiece continues.

Lowering tax rates and closing loopholes not only broadens the tax base, but spurs dramatic economic growth.

Liberalism does not face a marketing problem, it faces a thinking problem.

"Real life" isn't something to be postponed.

Nerds have won their greatest victory, not by one-upping the jocks, but through clearly evangelizing new bits of technology and new bits of culture.

Every year, the World Bank puts out its Ease of Doing Business Index, and it's incredibly problematic.

Translating identity politics doublethink into software is a programming impossibility.

While agricultural subsidies sound good on paper, they lead to negative and even harmful effects for low-income consumers and farmers alike.

Hayek was a genius, but he failed to acknowledge many shortcomings of a UBI.