from FEE

The moral and economic issues raised by government flood insurance ought to be obvious.

Youth unemployment in Africa is sky-high, and that's a serious problem.

You can’t go home again, but sometimes home comes to you.

Redistribution programs only work if there is a large enough supply of new taxpayers to finance handouts.

What if we treat a book like an event?

Capitalists get a bad rap for being greedy and ruthless, but John Mackey shows another way.

Governments on the other side of the Atlantic impose much higher burdens on lower-income and middle-class taxpayers.

The blockchain fundamentally allows unknown individuals to trust each other without the need for middlemen.

Has monetary policy been too loose, too tight, or about right?

As the Bolivar continues to lose value, Venezuelans rely more and more on Bitcoin.

This is why a steady diet of philosophical thinking and philosophical reading is so important.

America's education system is a mess, but trying to replicate the Chinese schooling techniques may not be the best approach.

The comedy web series is both beautiful and bleak.

The current aid model for alleviating systemic global poverty does more harm than good.

It's long past time to repeal the Jones Act.

A massive tax cut for everyone is the cure we need right now to stop the politics of mutual recrimination and hate.

Keillor is a humorist and takes his business very seriously.

We really like a healthy dose of realism and the familiar in our escapist fiction.

A book is not a trophy. It’s a tool for personal transformation.

Spoiler alert: creative destruction is all part of the market process.

The story of bourbon barrel entrepreneurship is a parable for all those who love the free market and believe in human innovation.

Maybe “grit” isn’t simply a character trait, maybe it’s flexible and adaptable.

The presence of food trucks can actually help local restaurant industries by attracting new customers.

Please join me in wishing Professor McCloskey a very happy birthday and for many many more productive, creative, and happy years ahead.

A literal Socratic dialogue about the differences between "the left" and "the right."

Master Chef Junior competitors have spent hours developing a speciality --and they're no older than 13!

The models predicting certain environmental doom were wrong, and they've been wrong for a while.

Sometimes we need to laugh, if only to keep from crying.

Trump never really wanted to repeal the ACA. Now his secret wish is granted.

Just like a solvent moving from a high concentration area to a low one, wealth similarly moves from areas of relatively high uncertainty to low.

Happy birthday, Mr. Read!

North Carolina is a real-life lesson in how cutting taxes leads to increased overall revenues.

Virtue signaling shouldn't be vilified; it's just a part of human interaction.

We have a shared interest in regarding the conscience as sacred and inviolable. It’s the basis of everything we truly love.

We're not being over-run with illegal immigrants. Nobody panic.

The dignity of work and self-sufficiency is very important.

If fairness in competition is the goal, try removing restrictions instead of adding them.

Markets will get broadband Internet access to rural areas, not government mandates.

As secession movements all over the world gain force, it's reasonable to assume those feelings will come to the US.

There are lots of good reasons to be angry at the NFL that have nothing to do with knees.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people to govern others.

Here's some suggested readings to help you get back into the habit of reading.

A community of women in Kenya are striking out on their own and using free-market tools to build a better life for themselves.

But as Jesus lived, do not resist evil with violence. It only begets more violence.

If we are left free and virtuous, we are likely to continue creating beautiful things for our own and others’ sake

And those who censoriously insist it is are unwittingly downplaying the ugliness of genuinely racist images.

The point was to contain the carnage that results from violent conflict.

It’s a pity that free-market ideas no longer find a home at First Things magazine.

In London’s foolish Uber decision we may have a glimpse of what might happen if Brexit goes wrong.