from FEE

The notion of marketplace chaos is bogus. Never mind the fact that many otherwise intelligent Americans have embraced it.

Free-market economies are necessary for an ethical and productive society.

In times of crisis, the government can clamp down and become hyper-coercive. Despite this, we see humans doing what they always do: cooperating peacefully.

The relationship between democracy and liberty is, to be sure, a complicated one.

A recent study by MIT, Harvard, Stanford, and Boston University found that consumers care far more about reviews and prices than government-mandated credentials.

Pause and think about how miraculous inventory is. We have access to a seemingly infinite amount of products right at our fingertips.

Poverty and homeless assistance has turned into a big business.

The best leaders know when to use power and when to rescind it.

Student debt may or may not be a national crisis, but it certainly is a personal crisis for millions of Americans.

Secure property rights are essential for economic growth and progress in the developed world.

Willford I. King believed broadly in private property, free enterprise, and limited government.

At least 26 states have passed minimum wage laws in the past decade.

Playful responses to deadly diseases aren’t news, and a bit of black humor isn’t unhealthy.

Market prices are the best way to keep up with shifts in demand. Let's let them work as they're supposed to.

Mercy Otis Warren was a highly influential writer and supporter of American independence in an era when women didn’t write for the public.

Yes, the rich are getting richer. But who says they are doing so at the expense of the poor?

From the beginning of the battle against the coronavirus, the FDA has slowed American medical companies' ability torespondat full capacity.

In 1665, “social distancing” orders emptied campuses throughout England, as the bubonic plague raged, killing 100,000 people. Isaac Newton, a 24-year-old student from Cambridge, was among those forced to leave campus and return indefinitely to his childhood home.

Central planners will never be able to match the efficiency of the marketplace.

Insider trading is demonized much like "obscene profits." But are such laws truly just or do they stem from envy?

Economics is not the same thing as statistics.

A gentle, friendly soul, Jon Utley was a dear friend to many who cherish liberty. He will be missed.

Our World in Data researchers announced this week that they had stopped relying on World Health Organization data for their models.

Are humans capable of organizing effectively outside of government mandate?

The COVID-19 pandemic is a question of philosophy and ethics as much as economics and medicine.

Recent presidential campaigns offer even more evidence that advertisers can't get consumers to buy everything they want them to buy.

The ability to suspend these laws without fear of endangering the public opens the door to questioning their purpose.

Socialism is an intellectual virus, and it’s more deadly than the one from Wuhan.

"Price gouging" turns out to be the one method that prevents shortages during times of crisis.

Amid the Covid-19 lockdown, there are steps parents can take to make time at home with their children more rewarding and tolerable.

To become a billionaire in a free market system, one must create a lot of value for others.

Convention surprises are not without precedent in American political history.

There are a few explanations for the run on toilet paper, but one basic economic lesson explains the shortage.

True economic resilience comes from the ability to adapt to changes, not ignoring or masking them.

Let’s take the novel coronavirus seriously, but let’s not throw reason, prudence, or the Constitution out the window.

It looks like voters, even Democratic primary voters, aren’t as enamored of socialism as we had feared.

Coercion gives us little reason to trust others. Voluntary arrangements do the opposite.

Precautionary measures should be taken to limit the spread of COVID-19, but overreacting can ultimately kill more people than are saved.

The truth is that many structural problems underlie our economy.

Human beings have an incredible capacity for voluntary cooperation, particularly in times of adversity.

Working from home is proving to be the engine that will keep the economy going.

The basic economic truth is that competition improves results.

The bottom-up nature of the price system can take into account millions of consumers and the vast array of constraints on producers, without needing any top-down supervision.

Presidential hopeful Joe Biden recently tweeted support for California’s AB5, a law that restricts freelance work and has left thousands of Californians without a source of income.

The “bad penny” of Keynesian economics turns up again.

Even socialists are not socialist at heart.

The US still lags countries like South Korea in the availability of COVID-19 testing, but it doesn't have to.

The Green New Deal would scale back hard-earned human progress and prosperity.

Remote work has grown 91 percent over the last decade—and for good reason.

The German transition away from nuclear power has been driven more by public perception and opinion than its larger policy goals.