from FEE

Facebook's campaign against "fake news" is having unsettling effects on what it does and does not consider newsworthy.

Recently, we have been flung into fundamental debates about what Bitcoin is, was, or ought to be.

Experts have their theories about the job market either collapsing or being hollowed out, but the data just aren't backing them up.

Regulations against interstate alcohol commerce are clearly about protectionism, not public safety.

Conscripting soldiers neither stops unnecessary wars nor makes the death toll more egalitarian.

As we enjoy our tricks and treats, let's not forget how far we've come thanks to markets.

Cryptocurrency and gold both have unique attributes as both currency and investments, and they don't much overlap. But what if it were possible to combine the two?

Consumers have incentives to research products; voters don't have the same incentive to research political candidates.

In a dramatic contrast with political candidates’ promises to violate moral principles and other people’s property, Leonard Read recognized that “Nothing is in our nation’s capital except that which is taken from individuals.”

Market disruption is being driven by the endless pursuit of serving customers with low prices, high-quality products, and great customer service.

An efficient market is the outcome of a myriad of interactions that, taken together, contribute to increased knowledge and market operation improvements.

2017 marks important anniversaries in the world of economic theory.

The justification for moving to a socialized healthcare system like those in Europe is preventable deaths, but the numbers don't bear that out.

Some people have natural advantages like inherited wealth and raw talent. But should the government involve itself in squashing those advantages?

Intellectual diversity can free us from our moral blinders and foster creativity and innovation.

She must not understand that the entire world was mired in poverty before free markets took hold.

In 1820, 94% of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty. In 1990, 34.8%, and in 2015, just 9.6%.

These aren't the only seven that I think should govern our thinking but they're pretty important.

What is true of rock stars is true for socialist experiments and revolutionaries: they don't age well.

The protection of free speech, including and especially offensive speech, is vitally important to a country's well-being.

In the absence of coercion and regimented time tables, a genuine love of literature can grow.

Negative emotions are the great substitute for knowledge.

Parking is not a public good that needs to be publicly-provided; it’s both rivalrous and excludable.

What would a real friend of freedom say if he was offering himself for political office?

The Venezuelan dystopia vindicates Hayek.

The truth is that there is no greater good than respect for the rights and dignity of others.

For too long, young, plus-size women only had access to dated styles, ugly knits, and ghastly floral prints. No longer!

The governmentalization of social affairs throws us into the passive position. That is what liberalism understands.

Common knowledge says that the Marshall Plan was responsible for Germany's rapid economic growth, but that's a mistaken view.

When it comes to economics and public policy, Austria isn't very, well, Austrian.

Innovation generally destroys jobs, but it creates a lot more.

When it comes to gun violence, the statistics are, at best, noisy.

Hayek uses the sixth chapter of The Road to Serfdom to discuss the concept of the rule of law.

The common assumption is that Robin Hood was a redistributionist. This is false.

Entrepreneurship does more to safeguard liberty than government action ever could.

With strong support for post-Brexit Britain by both the President and Congress, a bilateral trade deal will soon be a reality.

The “direct primary care” movement is attracting physicians sick of red tape. And it’s transforming the doctor-patient relationship.

With all the talk and controversy about standing or not standing for the national anthem, we should be asking ourselves what we're getting so worked up about.

The myth about public schooling as a national treasure that nurtures our democracy is untrue.

Ownership is no longer simply a title that allows you to lay claim to your assets, it is a means of profit.

If a person is not accused of theft, fraud, harming a minor, or physical violence, there is no place for them in a cell.

I stumbled into a career as a black-market product reviewer on Amazon.

Modern American nationalism is exceptionally frightening, but so is perpetual unjust war.

If a person is not accused of theft, fraud, harming a minor, or physical violence, there is no place for them in a cell.

There is no single way to solve a problem or find meaning in life, so why do we spend most of a child's life educating them that there is?

The subsidies for Obamacare were never constitutional, and we shouldn't ignore that just because Trump got rid of them.

Failure is a crucial part of innovation, but once government gets involved, failure, and thus innovation, grinds to a halt.

Though he's best remembered for Watergate, Nixon was also a genuinely bad president regarding economic policy, too.

The left doesn't just want to tax the rich. They want to tax everyone.

Despite the caterwauling of some elites, big tech companies are in no real danger of being broken up or regulated out of existence any time soon.