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The European Union spends over €1 billion a year to fund NGOs who, in turn, lobby the government.

As students of economics celebrate and read up on the contributions of Thaler, they would do well to consider the work of Gordon Tullock also.

When it comes to online gaming, let the states decide.

Driverless tractors will probably be commercially available within two years.

Tucker raises the alarm against Trumpian Putinism worldwide, from Hungary to the Philippines.

After tragedy, embrace the urge to do something, not to have something done.

Children can be trusted to self-direct, and to self-direct toward ever greater self-actualization.

If we really want to change people's bad behavior, try meeting them with compassion and education, not force and banishment.

If this is collapse, I’ll take ever more of it.

The issue with zoning restrictions is not merely academic. Tight regulations on land use cause real problems for real people.

The best argument Republicans have is “we’re not Democrats,” and the best argument Democrats have is “we’re not Republicans."

The proposed Republican tax plan is a mixed bag, so here's a section-by-section review of each aspect.

Leoni’s work merits remembering on this occasion because his murder a half-century ago silenced his insightful voice for liberty and because few Americans are even now aware of his contributions.

Metropolis, even after 90 years, remains breathtaking and revolutionary.

The number of available options allow for some pretty creative solutions to a wide number of in-game problems.

It is pretty obvious that the flooding of numerous homes and businesses was a “foreseeable result” of the government’s action.

Your intuition is right: tax cuts are good and tax increases are bad.

In war-torn countries like Liberia and South Sudan, a multitude of private schools.

It’s the responsibility of economists to ask and answer questions like these—and the job of economics columnists to relate and explain the discussion.

School choice dramatically increases the well-being of students in ways that test scores cannot quantify.

Readers should keep this in mind in light of Hassett’s suggestion that the federal government hire “discouraged” workers.

There are just not enough rich people to pay for socialized medicine.

Our different abilities and skills are proof that we live in a society where individuals determine their destiny and not some arbitrary authority.

Here is some elevator talk about Bitcoin, now that it seems like everyone cares.

A free market means progress toward ending all forms of exploitation, including sexual harassment.

Show that you care and that there’s more of us like that out there than there are the jerks who give freedom a bad name.

Federal Reserve Economists have long claimed that suppressing interest rates spurs economic growth but reality does not back this up.

How much closer to salvation is mankind thanks to all the extra earthly suffering the Reformation wrought?

Really, a tax on wigs and the numbers of windows in a house?

Dancing in New York has been a heavily regulated activity up until very recently, and the cause is not what you think it is.

Never has there been such an insidious and deadly ideology as Marxism-Leninism.

The world’s poorest region is catching up with the world average at a very fast pace.

Sure, rich shareholders will benefit but increased wages are the real reason to do so.

Communists, socialists, and redistributionists of every ilk will happily tell you how evil "capitalism" is. But do they know what capitalism really is?

We are skipping the critical step of identifying the best way of doing something before we do it.

Politicians are under pressure from their constituents to deliver more and take less, but this is unsustainable.

From its inception, the Republican Party has been about bigger, more intrusive government. Things have not changed.

And the media is staying silent.

If we want to help the poor, we must know what really lifts people out of poverty. And it's not top-down programs.

There is no possibility of eliminating corruption in government.

Sugary beverages are not France's problem.

Is Halloween really a Christian holiday?

Like all masterpieces, Whale’s films work on a number of levels, and nothing will get you in the mood for Halloween better than these two classics.

Vlad the Impaler, and his literary incarnation, Count Dracula, are rooted in a dark period of monetary inflation and economic nationalism.

Part of the allure of Halloween is getting something great for just showing up, and this carries over into voting habits.

What is the future of Israel? Many people are convinced: it is all about freedom and prosperity.

Scaring ourselves on Halloween is fun. Scaring ourselves the rest of the year is just plain stupid.

FEE President Lawrence W. Reed sat down with Free Market Central for an interview about his newest book.