from FEE

Even if implicit bias training is a good idea, mandating it is still deeply problematic.

In his position as treasury secretary, Andrew Mellon worked tirelessly to cut taxes and reduce government spending.

How government contracting manifests in unintended ways.

Pertinax was a serious statesman who fought to restore sound money to Rome, but his efforts led to his assassination by Roman soldiers.

Friedman's vision lives on through educational choice.

The late Richard Donner

Despite the ban on race-based admissions, institutions may find new ways to promote diversity.

Despite growing momentum, restrictions hinder full access to educational options.

Federal lawmakers created a glut of EVs with their meddling, and it's likely to have an adverse impact on both the auto market and the environment.

Tracing the effects of expatriates working abroad

Adam Mickiewicz is known as one of the greatest Slavic poets that Europe ever produced, and his friendship with American literary hero James Fenimore Cooper is only a small chapter of a much larger story.

There are undoubtedly various reasons disability claims are surging, but one factor may be linked to Covid-19.

Stalin's intentional silence and inaction during World War II allowed the Holocaust to unfold without any meaningful resistance or counteraction.

The problem with proposed 'learning loss' remedies is that they view more schooling as the pathway toward more learning, rather than challenging the whole notion of schooling itself.

Those curious about libertarianism often don't know where to start learning about it. Todd Seavey's Libertarianism For Beginners is as good a place as any.

That the deadliest pandemic in a century might have been triggered by scientists whose funding was supported by US taxpayers.

Ask an Economist #19

William A. Clark created many job opportunities for Montanans, but don't count the 17th Amendment among his achievements."

Gandhi's miraculous success in freeing India from colonial rule shows the power of non-violence.

Some of the actions of scientist Dr. Hwang Woo-suk were clearly morally wrong-but were they actually criminal?

Economics is really the discipline of everyday life, and life is all about trade-offs.

Americans have soured on public schools, but there are alternatives.

Government overreach has a long history.

The world cannot be made safe for freedom and flourishing by use of top down tyranny and destruction.

Governments don't like gold because they can't print it is a truism worth canonizing in the Book of Proverbs.

For many struggling people, a lower-paying job is not exploitation." It's a lifeline.

In defense of so-called junk fees.

Unveiling the root causes behind Americans' debt epidemic.

As Swifties attend concerts in cities across the world, prices rise in their wake. But this is not something to decry.

The truth is, Gavin Newsom's Division of Petroleum Market Oversight cannot solve a simple economic reality: scarcity.

The only way the Supreme Court would be able to stop forgiveness is if they declared the Department of Education itself unconstitutional

Despite the extravagant spending, US schools are failing children. Carl Sagan saw it. John Taylor Gatto saw it. And we all see it today.

An introductory lesson in microeconomics is enough to inform a student that minimum wage hikes are typically a bad proposition.

The MrBeast video serves as a powerful reminder of the potential pitfalls of raw democracy, which allows inter-group hostilities to supersede the rights of the individual.

Politicians love to brag about investing" in the economy when they spend taxpayer dollars. But how do they know their investments" are addressing the most urgent needs of consumers?

If America ever falls into the crevasse of financial ruin, one reason will be that we stopped electing men and women like Grover Cleveland.

Legislative Logrolling Lives

Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce, to their eternal credit, proved that even the most entrenched of laws and policies can be changed by people of courage, character and conscience.

Norwegian lawmakers forgot a very simple economic lesson, and now they can do little but watch as the wealth creators in their country depart.

The structure of Charles Ponzi's scheme must have impressed the policy makers coming of age in the 1930s, because they would use the same structure for the nation's new Social Security system.

The phrase that was popular during America's own revolution owes a hat tip to a famous Englishman, who took a stand against King Charles I's ship tax.'

A lot of families started realizing things weren't working in the conventional system," said Syreeta Farria, a homeschooling mother of two children in Detroit.

Smith warned about centralized planning and control at the scale of the economy as a whole, but the same logic can apply to any organization.

Today's cable news networks are victims creative destruction." This media evolution is a great deal for consumers and content creators alike.

It was devastating for all of these children and families to suddenly close," said Ariel Maguire.

NYC went from 300 days of unhealthy air per year to less than 50. Economics explains how it happened.

When we see acts of moral courage, we should recognize and applaud those who show it.

California's shoplifting bill once again shows a disdain for property rights, which arethe wellspring of all human rightsand a pillar of civilization.

Viewing profit and the free market as a zero-sum game ignores that market transactions occur only if the outcomes are mutually beneficial to both parties.

Want a world with better friendships and more meaning? Capitalism can help with that too.