from FEE

Some say man-made global warming is increasing the strength and frequency of hurricanes, but it isn't.

He left me a lifetime of amazing music that has shaped my understanding of art and music.

It would be such a shame to look back and regret missing your all-time favorite musicians.

Navigating the legal system is scary and expensive, but it doesn't have to be that way.

How school stunts the development of the ultimate transferable skill.

The sharing economy is presenting its own safety net against the vicious cycle of unemployment.

Individuals, especially low-income individuals, need economic freedom, not restrictions on what type and how much cash they can have.

“Without a good government, liberty cannot exist.”

There is no reason why people can't organize their own health care sharing programs around common values and needs.

The real impact of AI on the workforce is complex, nuanced, and still very much in transition.

Socialism is why Venezuela's economy is so much worse than other oil-dependent nations.

Things are going so wrong in so many ways, but there are ways to remedy that.

Because the rich have money to lose they can take risks that the rest of us can’t, and the economy gains immeasurably.

Bitcoin will change everything about JP Morgan's market power.

Rather than expand the practice, Trump’s Department of Justice should end an institution that punishes the poor and erodes due process.

Times are good, so why do we keep looking backwards?

For both Democrats and Republicans, it is a chance to pass a bill that Americans by a wide margin would welcome.

We already have drug use that is outside the FDA’s control and is not leading to horrible consequences.

It's like a credit limit on your credit card, but one which the borrower (the US government) gets to set for itself.

Fourth and Fifth Amendment Rights Were Violated So That Federal Agents Could Prosecute Victimless Crimes

This political strategy is doomed to fail.

You know what everyone wants? More money.

History shows protectionist steel policies hurt American workers.

It’s both ironic and fitting that the making of Tulip Fever was beset by ups and downs.

Imagine if everyone ordered to evacuate had cooperated and a dangerous hurricane hit one of those highways.

The robots are coming for your job, or so many in Silicon Valley would have you believe.

from FEE

The case against subsidized flood insurance is a case against distorted growth.

Locking children in dark closets or physically restraining them can cause serious trauma.

Irma did put millions of people at risk on both coasts and should have been taken very seriously. All the more reason not to guess, pretend, or lecture.

If it is so easy, why did it take this long to come about?

Wealth is not created by destroying things.

Competition by price is now competition by velocity, and that's not an improvement.

Unlike socialism, capitalism helps the poor, and here are the numbers to prove it.

Entrepreneurs get rich by democratizing access to yesterday’s luxuries.

Even Nobel laureates indulge in it.

Manhattan has become the epitome of a government gone wild.

Pay attention to the preferred denomination of ransom money, and you see the future of money and payment systems.

President Trump’s White House has put a stay on a burdensome new regulation.

Real learning doesn't only occur in buildings with bells, orderly lines of children, and class periods.

Why do we assume that federal agencies have to take the lead after a natural disaster?

Blockchain technology is the tool the Internet was intended to become.

It takes guts to go on CNN and explain economic truth – for humanitarian reasons – in the midst of emergency conditions.

Even the most dumbed-down political movement is built by slaves of defunct philosophers.

After the rain stopped, my wife visited several stores, hoping to find cleaning supplies. No dice.

Clear property rights would bring the country's "dead capital" to life.

We’re told that bringing back the work of the past is part of “Making America Great Again.” Nothing could be further from the truth.

Best case scenario: everyone gets poorer.

When Leonard Read took to nurturing the flame of freedom, it was a dark time indeed.

Words are not themselves aggression and hurt feelings entitle no one to the property of another.