from FEE

The statistics paint a murky picture.

Why are so many Americans paying a fifth to a quarter of their income to the federal government?

So many of the kids I was encountering when teaching Intro to Philosophy felt a little rudderless to me," said Alexi Burgess, founder of Alcove Learning.

Paw Patrol reminds us that doing what's safe isn't always doing what's right.

Lawrence W. Reed has prepared the following statement upon receiving the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit Of the Republic of Poland.

For twelve days in 1986, Lawrence Reed met clandestinely with the Polish Underground, beginning a decades-long relationship with the former Communist nation.

As economic freedom ebbs, political corruption flows.

Heroism deserves to be recognized because it shows that individual action truly matters.

China's 180 is a condemnation of a century of central population policy.

It's no surprise that those who favor top-down control of education feel anxious about the current bottom-up education transformation.

Ghostbusters is a (hilarious) cautionary tale on what happens when we empower clueless bureaucrats instead of individuals with local knowledge.

Amazon is a huge company, but that doesn't mean it's hurting consumers.

It would be a mistake to overlook that the true villain in Shawshank Redemption isn't Boggs, Hadley, or even Warden Norton. It's the system that empowers them.

Regulation inevitably stifles innovation.

Don't be afraid of shoestring statistics.

It's become abundantly clear thatthe greatest obstacle to educational reformis the government itself.

The Supreme Court's decision will have serious consequences for Richie DeVillier, who suffered millions in property damage. But it will also have consequences for all Americans.

There are a lot of problems with modern society, but that doesn't mean blowing it up is the solution.

Politicians such as Trudeau cannot admit it's their own policies and money printing that are to blame for high food prices.

Why the political process favors cronies.

There's a lot of misleading rhetoric in the debate around the NHS.

We don't have to guess what the founding fathers thought about gun rights. We can read what they wrote.

Pfizer has a lot of leeway in the price it chooses to charge for its vaccine-especially since almost all rival competitors have been sidelined by the Food and Drug Administration. But there's more to the story.

Zhong's treatment is an important reminder of the injustice many face when Americans fail to see all people as we should:as individuals.

Education entrepreneurs are finding joy in launching their own innovative learning programs and are spreading that joy to their learners.

Disney's capitulation to China would have a profound impact on the global entertainment landscape for years to come.

Not all of us have time to get a degree in electrical engineering to make sure our home doesn't look like the inside of an alien spaceship.

According to Matt Walsh, the case for banning pit bulls is bulletproof." In reality, it has a lot of holes.

Ella Knowles Haskell passed away at the age of 50, but not before she successfully crashed numerous gender barriers of her time.

The description of Aslan in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia offers an insightful metaphor for free speech.

Claudia Goldin is the 2023 winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

NIH itself has declared it's now undisputed" that the Wuhan Institute of Virology likely violated protocols on biosafety, "which possibly did lead..to..unacceptable outcomes."

Many parents choose homeschooling specifically because of the harms they believe are caused by public schooling.

Mises made tremendous contributions to economics, and his ideas continue to inspire many to this day.

To avoid fallacies about economics, we need to learn how economists view the world.

After 40 Years, I finally figured out what The Nothing is.

If you're wondering why even high-income households are racking uprecord credit card debtto make ends meet, look to the central bankers andthe cheerleadersof monetary expansion.

Publius Rutilius Rufus (158 B.C.-78 B.C.) attempted to reform Rome's corrupt tax system, and soon found himself accused of corruption and extortion himself.

Can banning direct sells really foster competition?

Profits get a lot of hate, but we all benefit from them every day.

Free association means allowing gay people to lead gay lifestyles, but it also means allowing others to disassociate with them.

Javier Milei weighs in on Milton Friedman and the social responsibility of the entrepreneur.

In her new book 'You Will Own Nothing,' the author Carol Roth writes of a new financial world that's emerging in which governments and corporations decide what behaviors are good and what behaviors are bad.

Republicans and Democrats are joining forces to pass a bill that could have serious repercussions for credit card holders.

Real competition is anti-competitive, apparently.

Understanding the argument for voluntary arrangements with regard to beans helps us understand the same argument for voluntary labor market arrangements.

Calls for the elimination of fossil fuels suffer from much the same problem as central planning.

Under capitalism, you accumulate wealth by foregoing consumption, so it makes no sense to say capitalism encourages consumerism.

As Leonard Read famously wrote, libertarians are neither left nor right."

Paul Krugman recently suggested Americans are experiencing a profound "disconnect," but it's the New York Times columnist who is refusing to recognize economic realities.