from FEE

America's spotty record of living up to its own ideals is worth pointing out and remembering.

When asked if they support socialist policies, millennials generally say yes, but when asked if they're actually willing to pay for it, their enthusiasm drops markedly.

The entire notion of democratic socialism is simply a fiction.

"Self-help is not a flight from the real battle. It's the front lines of the real battle."

Placing tariffs on products to protect domestic industries does nothing but benefit the chosen few at the cost of many.

Hernando de Soto, Peruvian free-market economist, talks to Nick Gillespie of Reason on how to lift the developing world out of poverty.

Being rich used to mean you had access to goods and services that the poor simply didn't. These days, not so much.

This “third-party payer” system basically means market forces are absent.

Trade barriers increase costs for consumers, impede wealth creation, and heighten international tensions.

In this podcast, FEE President Larry Reed discusses the only know person to be imprisoned voluntarily in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

The US federal government still strongly pushes corn- and soy-based ethanol despite the EPA's new study showing its harmful effects.

America grew wealthy not because we had tariffs in place, but because we didn't have most other taxes and barriers.

Not only has it failed every time it's been tried, it's also most likely unconstitutional.

Thanos is just the latest in a long line of population growth alarmists, and he's just as wrong as they were.

Once again, we see a compelling link between economic liberty and economic outcomes.

Each unique individual has a will, but the group does not.

The relevant question is this: how should content platforms go about regulating users' speech, if at all?

Preparing for war hasn’t brought peace, but rather just more war.

In addition to being completely incorrect, blaming capitalism for economic behavior you don't understand is just plain lazy.

Thanks to the wonders of science, markets, and democracy, famines have today all but disappeared outside of war zones.

While Sanders is certainly a fan of a big, heavily-involved central government, he does stop short of state ownership of the means of production.

Lawrence Reed talks with Kim Kataguiri, Marcel van Hattem, and Priscila Chammas—candidates for National Congress.

Lawrence Reed conversa com Kim Kataguiri, Marcel van Hattem e Priscila Chammas. Três candidatos ao Congresso Nacional.

We should be thrilled that some people are billionaires, not determined to tear them down.

Most people think of criminal justice reform as a purely social issue, but it's an economic one as well.

Odds are good that, in any given political argument, your dispute is about relevant facts, not moral positions.

After a Senate bill to make it a federal crime to use the word "milk" in labeling plant-based beverages like soy milk failed, unelected bureaucrats at the FDA have decided to legislate via regulation.

It's not vanishing. In fact, it's larger and wealthier than ever.

"There are regulatory constraints on your ability to reduce exposure or to manage exposure differently."

It’s fair to say the only things the Office of the Trade Representative and the White House have achieved after one year waging a trade war against China is less free trade for America.

Mass civil disobedience is revolutionizing urban transportation.

Americans don’t need more justices from what Democrats call the modern mainstream, but more from its original channel.

The "one nation, indivisible" referred to in the pledge is not only unconstitutional, it's contrary to the entire idea of the America the Founders sought to create.

Ridesharing represents something more than just convenient rides: it embodies the entrepreneurial spirit and allows individuals to be in control of earning their own wealth.

The minimum wage hike is harming lots of businesses—closing down historic mom-and-popneighborhood eateries, and forcing other business toflee to other states.

Harley-Davidson is simply responding to changing incentives, like any successful business should.

The reality is that the ride-hailing industry is threatening the transit industry, and transit advocates are demonizing Uber and Lyft in order to protect their $50 billion in annual subsidies.

Turns out, good policy tends to be good politics, too.

In the wake of speculation by some economists that the Laffer Curve isn't real, Paul Krugman and other left-leaning economists come to the surprise rescue.

Last year, U.S. avocado imports were valued at $2.6 billion.

Will electric scooters find success along rideshare giants Uber and Lyft? Or will they meet their demise like other bike-shares?

Single-payer advocates are crowing that their plan would save money. They're also wrong.

Far from the stated goal of "easing congestion" in the city, NYC's ride hail capping actively hinders people from getting around.

Lower tax rates in America will lead to lower taxes elsewhere.

The complexity of the supply chains and market processes that make socks mundane to most people in the world today is nearly all unseen and, hence, unappreciated.

The term social justice warrior is governed by connotations.

New data are in, and the results are encouraging.

Even low taxes and light regulation won’t produce much growth if investors and entrepreneurs have no faith in therule of lawor the quality of governance.

If there's a rise in suicides and depression among young people, maybe we should be looking at the philosophy being promoted everywhere that influences kids.

When given the opportunity to make choices about which school their child attends, parents are quite competent.