from FEE

Apple recently made some claims about its environmental impact that are, at best, questionable.

It's not the usual suspects of race, gender, religion, or socio-economic status causing hostilities.

A government program that is ruined by permitting more choice is not sustainable.

Do not let other people’s calendars keep you from living out your most valuable time.

The temptation is to go straight for flexing your muscles, but try asking nicely first.

The empirical evidence is in, and it clearly shows that free trade not only leads to better quality of life, but more generosity and cooperation.

What did Smith mean by justice, and why is it so important for understanding his message?

The Fed is basically useless anyway, so why does it matter?

Is free K-12 Education also bad for students?

Pop culture is heavily influenced by the military-industrial complex, but Marvel fans weren't having it this time.

From the beginning, it was about watering down classical liberalism.

Women should absolutely have easier and more affordable access to birth control, but it should not come from a state mandate.

We are habituated into thinking that the whole world runs on credit. That’s because it does under national monies.

McCloskey's Bourgeois trilogy explores the underlying causes of the Industrial Revolution and the huge improvements it brought about.

They arrogantly determined that a school in a rich neighborhood better serves the public good than a college that caters to disadvantaged students.

Why don’t people just accept the official story? The problem is that the official story keeps changing, and promises to change again.

Stop it. You're not helping.

From the early days of printing in the 16th century up until the 20th century, news events were regularly put into verse.

One woman took a shot at fixing the system from the inside only to find that its not fixable.

He really should be sharing it with someone else.

Bitcoin and the blockchain started a bloodless, peer-to-peer revolution of rising expectations that will forever change the world.

The Social Security Administration's own numbers reveal thata private investment pays more than Social Security.

There's No Such Thing as Neutral Intervention

The thing I will miss most is seeing the light bulb go on for students.

Discussions concerning race and tolerance were left by default to opponents of racism only on the political “left.”

Deviations from high principles do not justify rejecting those principles.

Hypocrisy is rampant among the political elite. And everyone else, too.

Stop "chasing the dragons" of praise and censure.

Why are there so many grievances and not more gratitude in America?

There is a word for an executive who exercises power without consent of the governed.

Political conclusions should come after, not before, the study of economics.

2017 is the year of the strict binary. Women’s roles are no exception.

Kids that have never been to school don't associate worksheets with drudgery.

The most dangerous threat to freedom doesn't come from the President or the legislature, but from unelected officials making unchecked decisions.

Outsiders have a basic knowledge problem that makes their efforts futile at best and harmful at worst.

In a classic case of unintended consequences, what was meant to help new mothers actually made things more expensive and difficult.

Imagine the convenience of ordering prescription drugs via Amazon Prime.

What is the deal with all the strange attacks on business coming from Republicans and conservatives?

How on earth can the European Union unite that which history forced asunder?

The whole world is improving, and quickly. Cheer up!

They took a perfectly good emerging market and turned it into a total mess for everyone.

The stir created by behavioral economics has been good for the discipline.

When India banned the 500 and 1000 rupie notes, defenders claimed it would have a significant benefit. It didn't.

Anything that enables us to exchange more easily will help to make us wealthier.

By enlivening previously dead capital, the sharing economy is monetizing what was previously useless.

Just like the gladiatorial games and the circus, football is doomed to die.

We've entered a new era, the Imagination Age, so why are we still schooling kids like we did in the 19th Century?

The AMA set out to destroy the excellent system of healthcare insurance set up by fraternal societies.

Football—with its obsessive territorialism, regimented hierarchy, and peculiar combination of strategic prowess with brute force—has always been at risk of militaristic co-option.