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The US Is Already Spending More on Higher Education Than Many Countries with "Free" College
Governments in the United States pay more (as a percentage of GDP) toward higher education than many other so-called "peer" countries.
If Climate Change Is a Dire Threat, Why Is No One Talking about Nuclear Power?
A common (legitimate) concern with nuclear is unhealthy radiation, its usage actually emits less radiation than the burning of coal.
San Francisco Has Pay Toilets—and They're Spectacular
It is wrong to have price controls on something so important. As David Mayers once said, “This is an attack on the bowels of America.”
How Shark Tank Reveals the Secret of Action and Entrepreneurship
Human action and entrepreneurship is motivated by the realization that things could always be better.
California Lawmakers Take Aim at Single-Use Shampoo Bottles—Amid Poo Epidemic
This bill deserves all the ridicule it will get.
Why McDonald’s Gave Up the Minimum Wage Fight
The world’s largest fast food company will be just fine. But what about workers?
How France's Yellow Vest Protesters Are Different from America's Tea Party
The Yellow Vests are either ignorant or hypocritical.
4 Charts That Show Markets Are Not Zero Sum Games
It is false that profit margins and labor cost margins are always inversely correlated.
You Have No Right to Your Culture
People have no right to make others follow in their footsteps.
The Guerrilla War against the Perverted Textbook Market
It is not markets that are the problem, but that the textbook market is a perverted one.
Political Meddling with Central Banks Is a Terrible Idea—and the Fed Is No Exception
Put bluntly: Political meddling with central banks is an incredibly bad and dangerous idea.
You May Not Like Capitalism, You May Not Be Good at Capitalism, but Capitalism Is Good for You
Napoleon and George Washington would be very jealous of your ability to instantaneously text people thousands of miles away.
With Gun Ban, Pittsburgh Lawmakers Virtue Signal on Taxpayers’ Dime
This gun control law is one huge taxpayer-funded political advertisement.
Milton Friedman’s Introduction to "The Road to Serfdom" Reveals How Much America Has Changed
The battle for freedom must be won over and over again.
Let Forests Burn, If You Truly Love Them
The lack of fire as a cleansing mechanism has turned many western forests into veritable tinderboxes ready to go up in flames at the first spark.
Electric Cars Aren’t Nearly as Green as People Think
Next time you see an electric car or a charging station, keep in mind the emissions involved in producing the battery and the electricity used to keep it running.
Trump Must Resist Pressure to Nationalize 5G
Let’s hope that Washington doesn’t make the same mistake it made nearly a century ago by re-nationalizing spectrum to act as a wholesaler for 5G commercial use.
No One Is Coming to Rescue You—Especially Not a Presidential Candidate
No one is coming to help you, so you might as well stop waiting and start fixing your own life today.
No, the Krueger-Card Study Didn’t Prove That Raising the Minimum Wage Doesn't Increase Unemployment
It wouldn’t be surprising if small increases in the real minimum wage would have negligible disemployment effects, while larger changes—such as the “Fight for $15”—would have worrisome effects.
Thanos Was Wrong about Resources; Sen. Mike Lee Was Right
If Thanos really wanted to help keep worlds alive, he would want more population and more freedom.
Shipping Containers Make Surprisingly Nice Homes
Hipness aside, container housing is a potential source of housing for lower-income households.
The Extinction Rebellion's Ugly Tactics Will Not Save the Environment, but Innovation Can
To the Extinction Rebellion protesters: grow up and do something with your life.
Minimum Wage Hikes Are Killing Jobs in California's Poorest Communities, Study Says
Researchers found that the minimum wage slowed growth more in low-income areas.
The ADHD Overdiagnosis Epidemic Is a Schooling Problem, Not a Child One
Today, children are being diagnosed with, and often medicated for, ADHD at an astonishing rate.
Trump's Crackdown on Iran's Oil Exports Poses Risks to Global Economy
America’s latest move against Iran is making things worse for the global economy on top of pressure from rising interest rates and trade wars.
Joe Biden: The Architect of America’s Disastrous War on Drugs
Joe Biden is kicking off another presidential run. Will his role in the drug war finally catch up with him?
College Student: My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us
Destroying the free market will undo what millions ofpeople have died to achieve.
Globalization: A Tinfoil Hat-Free Critique
Some are still skeptical of the benefits of globalization. Some believe that only the very rich benefit from globalization.
Burger King's Impossible Whopper Reveals Why Markets and Federalism Work
Let local governments try policy ideas for the same reason that Burger King is rolling out the Impossible Whopper in one city: the future is uncertain, as are the results of experiments.
New York City’s Pension Debt Is Driving It to Bankruptcy
What will happen if the city goes bankrupt?
Mitch McConnell Wants to Raise the Tobacco Age to 21
Any time industry giants are encouraging regulation on their own products, you know cronyism is right around the corner.
If You’re Sweating the Small Stuff, Read Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman
Greater awareness of our mindset allows us to make permanent changes.
A Teen Refugee's Flight to Freedom From Communist Cambodia
For six years, the only luxuries Bopha Sayavong dreamed of were peace, quiet, food, and shelter.
Ray Dalio’s Plan to Save American Capitalism Would Doom It
American capitalism needs to be reformed before it’s too late.
Social Security Is Facing a $42.1 Trillion Shortfall, Trustees Report Says
The bottom line is that there’s been aworldwide revolutionin favor of private savings and the United States is falling behind.
Did Georgetown Students Really Overwhelmingly Vote for Slavery Reparations?
It’s not the student’s fault for voting their conscience, but it’s being used by the media to drive a narrative the media wants to hear.
Social Media Is Not the Problem
Would a world of less heavily capitalized communications entities really lead to greater responsibility?
The Value of a Self-Directed Summer for Kids
This race to the elusive top is causing many young people to experience severe anxiety, depression, and hopelessness.
Money Has Little Effect on Happiness, But Here Are 6 Ways to Turn Cash Into Smiles
The simplest reconciliation, of course, is that most people spend their money poorly.
US-Russia Tensions Are Escalating Because of Collusion Fever
The best way to oppose Trump is to oppose his aggressive foreign policy, which has real-life consequences for innocent people around the world.
George Washington University Students Divided on "Offensive" Mascot
Julia O’Connell says, "People think [Colonials] invokes an image of colonizing, which it doesn’t. It’s just a reference to George Washington."
Thomas Sowell on the Subtle Tyranny of “Anointed” Social Justice Champions
Freedom, personal responsibility, and voluntary interactions are a far better, and just, means of uplifting the least among us.
Trump’s Washing Machine Tariffs Cost Consumers $800,000 Per Job Created
Yes, protectionism can save some US jobs, but at what cost? Empirical evidence suggests it’s very, very expensive.
What Dr. Ian Malcolm Understood about Our Planet That Almost Everyone Else Doesn't
Humans will strut and fret our hour upon the stage, then be heard no more.
6 Questions for Those Claiming Medicare for All Will Lower Administrative Costs
If people questioned the basis of those promised solutions, it would not be anyone’s ticket into the White House.
The National Debt is the Most Serious Crisis America Faces
It’s time to force Trump to actually live up to his promise of draining the swamp.
The Best Case For Free Trade Is a Personal One
Business is personal. And all barriers to trade are restrictions on personal freedom.
If Corey Booker Is Serious about Reparations, Here Are Two Better Places to Start
The impetus behind reparations is not justice but the inculcation of national guilt for the purpose of furthering a political agenda.
How Net Neutrality Limits Entrepreneurs
Information flows through the internet as cars flow through roads and highways.
When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State: From Jesus Christ to Julian Assange
The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific, and religious freedom have always been nonconformists.
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