Seattle’s ‘Eat the Rich’ Economic Strategy Won’t Solve Its Underlying Problems
Seattle is, by many measures, one of the fastest-growing cities in America, if not the fast-growing city. A few big tech […]
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Socialist Policy Tanked Venezuela’s Economy, Not Falling Oil Prices
Left-wing commentators are struggling to come to grips with Venezuela’s economic collapse. In early August, Stanford University professor Terry Lynn […]
The War on Drugs Is Far Deadlier Than Most People Realize
While accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said: The manner in which this war against […]
Ride-Sharing Services Aren’t a Problem, They’re a Solution
According to The New York Times, app-based rideshare services are a serious problem in need of a regulatory solution. While their […]
Sports Fans Win Big from Legalizing Gambling, Now Keep Congress Out of It
Very rarely do I have a reason to praise Chris Christie, but he delivered one today by winning his Supreme […]
California Is Set to Become the First State to Require Solar Panels on All New Houses. Here’s what It Will Do to Housing Costs.
“California is set to become the first state to require solar panels on all newly built single-family houses,” the Los Angeles […]
Time to End Net Neutrality Regulation Once and for All
Scientists tell us there’s no such thing as a perpetual motion machine, but they haven’t seen the interminable debate over […]
The Essential Difference Between Free-Marketers and Big-Government Types-in One Tweet
Why are there so few liberty-oriented societies compared to the number of places with statist governments? And why does it seem like […]
You Can’t Punish Capital without Punishing Workers
I was a big fan of the lower corporate tax rate in last year’s tax bill, largely because I want a better […]
We May Finally See the End of Compulsory Union Dues
By the end of next month, public-sector employee unions will be up to their eyeballs in the orgy of obfuscation […]
Who’s to Blame for Oppressive Taxes, the IRS or the Politicians?
For the past 30 years, I’ve been criticizing both the tax code and the IRS. Which raises an interesting chicken-or-egg question […]
‘Paid Family Leave’ Is a Great Way to Hurt Women
In an article in the New Republic, Lauren Sandler argues that it’s about time the United States join the ranks […]
18 Hayek Quotes That Show the Importance of Liberty
May 8th marked Friedrich Hayek’s birthday. Called “the most prodigious classical liberal scholar of the 20th century,” Milton Friedman explained […]
Why First World Countries Have Third World Cities
As I avoided the potholes, ignored the sounds of guns, and walked past beggars throughout the streets of New Orleans, […]
The Separation of Business and Politics
A friend pointed me to this piece published by Business Insider. Apparently, here Nobel Laureate Joe Stiglitz* explains that fellow Nobel Laureate Milton […]
No, Teachers Are Not Underpaid
Recent protests across the country have reinforced the perception that public school teachers are dramatically underpaid. They’re not: the average […]