from FEE

The Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zhou (aka Zhuangzi) is credited with working out one of the most important economic concepts in the world: spontaneous order.

Positions of power in big-government systems inevitably attract a society’s worst and most immoral individuals.

The pervasive influence of authority bias throughout the pandemic has been particularly troubling.

The issue, believe it or not, was a bank.

There is ample evidence and real-life examples that show the costs of quarantining healthy children far outweigh the benefits.

Does encouraging people to see themselves primarily as victims actually help anyone at all?

A serious problem is the way local and state governments impose fees, fines, and charges on the less fortunate.

This Friday, Uber and Lyft will have to entirely shut down operations in California. Sadly, this was preventable.

CPS agents have been interrogating parents over “virtual truancy."

Isabel Wilkerson's new book "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" is receiving rave reviews. But do the book's controversial claims hold up?

Cancel culture is jeopardizing the education of millions of young people.

Leonard Read fundamentally understood it's the marketplace—not government—that produces an orderly society.

World chess champion Gary Kasparov says cryptocurrencies enable individuals to regain control of personal finances at a time when unilateral moves by government and institutions are on the rise.

The collateral damage of lockdowns must not be ignored.

The wealthy don’t have to wait for politicians to impose a tax increase.

The efficacy of face masks has been a subject of debate in the health community during the pandemic. Public health officials who use deceiving graphs only make things worse.

The New York Times called Harris a ‘pragmatic moderate.’ But does that label fit with the actual economic policies she has endorsed?

The bottom line is that rich nations can consistently out-perform poor nations if they allow more economic freedom.

Free people everywhere should be grateful to the Poles for the victory.

Despite media headlines to the contrary, there was little doubt that Sweden’s economy would be less damaged in the absence of COVID-19 lockdowns.

Insecure property rights harm the most vulnerable.

Conservationists are increasingly using markets, contracts, and property rights to turn environmental resources into assets instead of liabilities.

There are several reasons to be suspect of mail-in voting, including a dismal 2020 showing in New York's botched June 23 primary.

Simply put, there is less prosperity in nations with big government compared to nations with small government.

Economist Ben Rogge's life is a shining example of how a person’s deeds can align with his words in the defense of free thought and free enterprise.

Alternatives to traditional college have been gaining ground in recent years, and the COVID-19 pandemic may prove to be the catalyst that pushes these alternatives into the mainstream.

The gargantuan expansion of the federal government undermined prosperity.

New York’s problems are unlikely to be solved if its leaders persist in their extractive, regulatory, and freedom-stifling practices.

Under the status quo, taxpayer dollars fund government schools, not education. Sen. Rand Paul's SCHOOL Act seeks to change that.

The pandemic could usher in a new era of school choice.

Lebanon has become the first country in the Middle East and North Africa region in history to experience hyperinflation.

When the law becomes incomprehensible and inconsistent, people lose faith in both the law and government institutions that secure it.

The top epidemiologists in the world can’t decide if masks are helpful in reducing the spread of COVID-19 or just make things worse.

It's not crazy to worry about the war on cash.

In 2010 President Obama embraced a surprisingly laissez-faire approach to space flight. By bucking his central planning instincts, he ushered in a new dawn in American space flight.

Major disruptions to the technology we use every day will inevitably accompany any effort by the Boomers in Congress to regulate an industry they can’t remotely comprehend.

"Permissionless innovation" should be the norm for parents, teachers, and entrepreneurs.

Lawyers, not workers, would be the winners.

You can do it. Here's a handy guide for getting started.

Property rights are human rights, and we discard them at our own peril.

Joe Rogan is just the latest in a long list of celebrities to say goodbye to La La Land.

Congress's anti-trust accusations against big tech are as ironic as they are ignorant.

Sweden’s top epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says a massive decline in COVID-19 cases shows "the Swedish strategy is working.” Is he right?

Fraud, incompetence, and inefficiency are a feature, not a bug, of government agencies and state-run systems.

Federal Reserve independence is a myth. Here's why.

One of Ayn Rand's lesser-known works of fiction paints a disturbingly familiar picture.

The practice is a major source of resentment against the police.

Teaching young people to despair over the planet's impending doom is not only cruel. It's wildly inaccurate.

Prior to the pandemic, about 28 million Americans worked part-time jobs. Millions of them desired full-time jobs—but many were priced out by artificially high labor prices.

The Squad’s latest push for a federal bailout would be a boon for privileged Americans.