from FEE

Suicides account for the vast majority of gun deaths in the US. Donna's Law could make a difference without violating constitutional rights.

Bob Chitester saw that the great economist Milton Friedman was not just another distinguished intellectual. With his rapier wit, warm charm, and economic brilliance, Friedman had the makings of potential TV star and evangelist of liberty.

In Students of Liberty, Leonard Read drew out the superiority of a society whose organizing principle is virtue voluntarily acted out in practical terms with those we interact with over one organized around coercion backed by the threat of violence.

What the poll really conveys is that many of today’s young people neither understand nor respect the importance of property rights in a free society.

Not only are these orders constitutionally suspect, they may be dangerous.

The tariffs helped some manufacturers by hurting others, for a net loss.

Whether it’s Mylan’s EpiPen or the USPS’s monopoly on first class mail, there are countless examples where high prices and poor service have been built on a foundation of government protection.

Progressive politicians are falsely blaming insufficient welfare for the 8 million people who have fallen into poverty since May.

Blockchain technology has profound implications not only for currency, but for society at large.

Regardless of whether one believes that affordable health care is a right, it is clear that affordability and degree of government intervention are negatively correlated.

The total figure lost to waste is likely more than double as much, were all the spending to be reviewed.

Ironically, many who denounce Judge Barrett are the same people who advocate for a system of governance that demands subservience and would impede the hard earned progress of women.

When another person’s vote has the ability to wield enormous power over your life and make sweeping changes in your community, that is going to lead to hostility.

Fossils fuels account for 80 percent of energy consumption. Is Joe Biden really promising to transition the entire US economy off of them?

Tragically, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a virtual laboratory for lessons in “unseen” evils that have resulted from pursuing “a present good.”

The Amendment would make it impossible for a future president and Senate to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court to cram it full of like-minded jurists.

“Too big to fail” was a mistake because it bailed out incompetent firms during the global financial crisis. Breaking up big firms today would also be a mistake and would lead to higher prices, less innovation, and more cronyism.

New mental health data from Dane County, Wisconsin offer a dark glimpse at the costs of stay-at-home orders.

The Pilgrim expedition in 1620, ship and all, was financed privately, and so was Charlton’s incredible replica.

The Federation for Manufacturing Education, an alternative apprenticeship program that works with community colleges and almost 400 employers across 13 states, boosted participant income by $45,000, research shows.

The Tuttle Twins series has already sold more than 1.4 million books.

The controversy around Sweden stems from a larger disagreement over who is more equipped to plan society, individuals or central planners.

The study concludes that Biden’s interventions would, among other things, distort labor incentives, decrease productivity, and kill jobs.

Abolitionist Quaker John Woolman changed the way people saw slavery. Today marks the 300th anniversary of his birth.

Evidence suggests the disparity in unemployment stems in large part from the different ways states are approaching the coronavirus.

Protecting a free and open internet means not using punitive regulations or policies to hamstring social networks because of the scandal of the day.

Among other things, the Fed argues that it will need more than ten years just to recover its operating costs.

Articles about the impact of the pandemic on children tend to focus on the education they've lost due to school closures, but it's worthy noting children are also seeing repeated violations of their innate sense of fairness.

The Supreme Court is at the forefront of the November election. And, unfortunately, it may be no exaggeration to say that the future of the judiciary itself is at stake.

Even as the WHO calls on nations to refrain from imposing lockdowns, many governments continue to use this strategy.

Bessie Coleman overcame barriers with spunk and ambition.

One of the more famous ethologists in recent decades was John B. Calhoun, best known for his mouse experiments in the 1960s. To what extent do the mouse utopia lessons apply to humans?

I'm an artist. What could the Austrian school have to offer me? More than I realized.

A new 90-minute documentary showcases the greatness of the economist Ludwig von Mises to the world.

For those of you who do care about facts, it’s worth knowing that Venezuela has the world’s lowest level of economic liberty.

In America today, government schooling works much like the state religion did in early 17th Century England.

The national debt just keeps getting worse. There’s only one way to get us out of this mess.

Sweden showed there's a better way to combat COVID-19.

Here are six observations derived from both the history and economics of taxes.

Price controls will result in lower prices in the short run, but fewer life-saving drugs in the future.

If California is to be saved, it will require some outside-the-box thinking.

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth spanned 206 years, from 1569 to 1795. In terms of political and economic liberty, it was an enlightened country—and ahead of its time

Compelling evidence suggests California’s wildfires stem largely from government mismanagement.

Free-market economics is the only way we can get back on track after COVID-19.

The pandemic offers a moment ripe for “creative destruction."

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden sparred over various topics Tuesday night, including AOC's Green New Deal.

It's never too early to start your kids on the road to success, and that includes teaching them about money and finances.

In the matter of just a few years, YouTube has gone from restricting speech containing “violence and hate” to apparently suppressing information connecting Disney to actual violence and hate in China—the largest mass incarceration of an ethnic minority since the Holocaust.

Congress is sticking its nose where it doesn't belong.

Would Joe Biden’s Trump-ish plan actually improve the economy?