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GM, Bailouts, and the Importance of Bankruptcy in Market Economies
Proponents of corporate bailouts miss the importance of loss and bankruptcy within a market economy.
How to Crush Your First Conference
Here are 10 essential tips for first-time conference-goers.
Order Without Design: Why Markets Shape Cities Better Than Planners
Alain Bertaud’s upcoming book "Order Without Design" makes the point of the emergent order of cities clearer and more defensible.
The Future of Energy Sustainability Has Never Looked Brighter... Thanks to Free Markets
The congruence of private gain and social good in energy markets is reason to give thanks this holiday season.
The Case for Privatizing Social Security Just Got Stronger
A new OECD report highlights some of the economic benefits of private retirement systems.
School Bans Designer Coats in Order to “Poverty Proof” Campus
The new policy is sheltering children from the realities of the world we live in and teaching them to resent the wealth of others.
The Myth of Intelligent (Government) Design
Why would we think that moving decisions to government will result in more intelligent arrangements?
Government Spent Nearly $8 Trillion in FY 2018
How much of all that government spending actually added to US economy’s gross domestic product?
Like Most State Ideas, the Death Penalty Does Not Work
One dead body will not bring back another.
The Conceit Behind California’s Bad Idea to Tax Text Messages
State bureaucrats are moving to impose a texting tax on California residents in the name of providing mobile services to the poor.
Why the NYT and Government Bureaucrats Don't Tell You the Cost of Action on Climate Change
The latest government-issued climate report is riddled with misleading claims and selective omissions.
How School Districts Weaponize Child Protection Services Against Uncooperative Parents
Parents are increasingly required to obey, to conform to a school’s demands even if they believe such orders may not be appropriate for their child.
Identity Politics Poses a Genuine Threat to America. Here’s Why
Is identity politics reaching a breaking point?
Does a Famous Economist's Theory on Happiness Explain Why Humans Have Funerals?
Funerals could well be the traditional manifestation of the psychological "peak-end rule."
“I, Pencil” Can Help You Downsize Your Inner Central Planner
Suspend your sense of being "the doer" and understand your place within the Universal Power.
The Counterintuitive Truth about Earth's Resources
Earth was 379.6 percent more plentiful in 2017 than in 1980.
Study: Lack of Entrepreneurs Linked to Rising Inequality
Between 1975 and 2007, the average debt-to-asset ratio among entrepreneurs grew as the overall number of entrepreneurs fell.
Philadelphia's Perverse Civil Asset Forfeiture Machine Has Finally Come to An End
After this decades-long train of abuses, law enforcement’s days of legalized theft appear to be coming to an end.
Why Are Schools Banning Parents from Lunchtime Visits?
Prohibiting parents from visiting schools during the day is a growing trend.
What the Neo-Socialists in Congress Don't Understand about Poverty
Success must be measured not by the amount of money we throw at poverty solutions, but by the number of people who are exiting poverty.
Nat King Cole: Remembering a Christmas and Musical Icon
His music was good enough to be immortal and people of all ages can learn some critically important lessons from his life.
Government Thrives by Keeping People Blind to Its True Costs
When you see a political predator coming, bearing blinders to basic economic truths, run for your life, liberty, and happiness.
The 5 Counties with the Highest Median Household Income All Reside in the D.C. Area
The wealth is tainted by corruption, politics, and freeloaders.
Why the Yellow Vests Can Offer No Solutions to France’s Economic Woes
The yellow vests may be protesting a tax hike, but not because they believe in any type of limited government.
Civility is Important, But We Really Need "Agreement-Without-Conformity"
It is critical not just to hear one another’s differences but also to let one another do things differently.
Mom Entrepreneurs Share How They Homeschool and Grow Their Businesses
These three moms have found that entrepreneurship is a particularly powerful tool for combining homeschooling, career fulfillment, and financial prosperity.
What the Fake History of America's Gun Culture Teaches Us
Though one dishonest academic was exposed and reprimanded for promoting fabricated, politicized history, academia at large remains riddled with ideological biases.
Will Seasteading Create the First Non-Violent Nations?
An ocean-platform community voluntarily funded and organized, if successful, is a monumental event in human anthropology.
Occupational Licensing Costs $200 Billion Annually
A new academic paper has calculated the true impact of forcing workers to obtain permission from the government to do their jobs.
Harvard Study: "Gender Wage Gap" Explained Entirely by Work Choices of Men and Women
The “gender wage gap” is as real as unicorns and has been killed more times than Michael Myers.
Why Most Academics Tilt Left
There’s no denying that an overwhelming majority of academics in universities across the country are liberal, progressive, socialist, or otherwise Left-wing.
Vaping Regulations Will Do More Harm than Good
Regulations placed on vices, even when they are well-intended, consistently work to exacerbate already difficult situations. FDA actions to prevent e-cigarette sales to teens are no exception.
The Fed’s Long History of Bowing to Presidential Pressure
President Trump violated longstanding norms with his swipes at the Fed. But the notion that his predecessors kept their nose out of the Fed’s business is largely a myth.
Russell Kirk Saw Tradition as a Bulwark of Liberty
There is much a libertarian can admire—and even learn—from Kirk.
Why a Letter of Gratitude During the Holidays Can Say More Than a Gift
Go ahead. Make someone’s day.
Entrepreneurs Revolutionize the Designer Sneaker Market—By Selling Shoes Like Stocks
Josh Luber and StockX are helping to create massive value for people across the world and bringing a fairer, freer market to all.
Your Dream Job and Ideal Mentor: How to Land Both through Networking
You can create a machine that brings opportunities your way.
Why You’re Paying More (and More) For Health Care
US health care spending is reaching 20 percent of GDP, and hospital care is the largest contributor to that, accounting for $1.1 trillion in 2016.
Save Money, Get Better: Walmart Now Offers Mental Health Services
A pilot clinic in Texas could be the start of something big.
"Trumponomics": What New York Magazine Gets Wrong in Its Critique
New York columnist Jonathan Chait issued a very unfriendly review of the book. Here's what he missed.
Why Tariffs Won't Create Jobs or Help the Auto Industry
If US carmakers, employees, and consumers, in general, are not certain to benefit from the implementation of the protectionist measures, then who does?
How Scott Walker and the GOP Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Corporate Welfare
No longer the party of truly free markets, some Republicans have come to view the government as a mere vehicle for job creation.
Ocasio-Cortez Is Wrong About 'Death Panels'
Elected leaders who go to Washington with a plan for radical change carry the burden of proving their case to the public—and in that, Ocasio-Cortez has woefully failed.
Monetary Fallacies That Just Won't Die
These economic fallacies don’t stand up to even the most simplistic analysis.
In Final Plea, Economists Implore South Africa to Abandon Expropriation Plan
Numerous economists from around the world explain why land expropriation is a terrible idea.
America's Success Was Achieved by Limiting Government, Not by Government
Our gains are actually due to centuries of voluntary arrangements made possible not by the growth of government but by strict limitations imposed on it.
16 Tactics for Dealing with Life's Trials and Tribulations
It’s basically cognitive behavior therapy, but less effort because some of the work is already done.
Political Outrage Has Become Our Way of Life. There is a Cure
Drop your anger and learn to develop a genuine appreciation for those around you—or at least engage in honest commerce.
California’s Background Check Law Had No Impact on Gun Deaths, Johns Hopkins Study Finds
The findings—which run counter to the conventional wisdom that gun control saves lives—have received almost no media attention.
French Citizens Want Cheaper Energy, not Global Warming Elitism
French President Emmanuel Macron pursues his global warming agenda at his own political peril.
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