Newsflash: Teachers Are Already Armed
In the wake of yet another mass shooting in a public school, a host of familiar recommendations have resurfaced about […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
Free Trade Lets Us Turn Corn into Cars
People often see international trade and immigration as a way that foreigners take advantage of us, but economists, whether they’re […]
The Minimum Wage Harms Workers and Is Anti-Freedom
Most of us both value and take for granted the ability to make decisions about our own lives. When busybodies […]
Americans Say America’s Biggest Problem is Government
For generations, Gallup has been asking Americans what they see as the nation’s primary problems. Answers change from year to […]
Throwing Good Money after Bad Doesn’t Improve Government Schools
Whenever I discuss education policy with one of my leftist friends, it usually follows the same script. They’ll ask whether I […]
Gun Violence Would Plummet If We Just Called off the Drug War
With the horrific shooting that recently took place in Las Vegas, debates over gun control have been given center stage […]
The Cake Case Shows the Court’s Bias against Commerce
The Cake Case Shows the Court’s Bias against Commerce The narrative gained momentum after Citizens United and again after Hobby […]
If You Don’t Trust People, Then You Shouldn’t Trust Politics
“Ordinary people can’t be trusted to make the right decisions about what’s best for themselves and others. That’s why we […]
Warren Buffett Won a Decade-Old $1M Bet
Warren Buffett Won a Decade-Old $1M Bet In 2007, Warren Buffett challenged finance professionals in the hedge fund industry to […]
Export-Led Growth Is Just a Fallacy
Export-Led Growth Is Just a Fallacy A fruitful discussion this morning with my Mercatus Center colleague Dan Griswold prompts me […]
Price Is the Only Language that Everyone Speaks
Price Is the Only Language that Everyone Speaks Open, competitive markets have a resilient capacity to successfully coordinate the actions […]
No, Tax Cuts Don’t Kill People
When the Senate passed their tax reform bill earlier this month, Republicans were excited that the new law would cut […]
Taxpayers Could See Benefits From GOP Tax Bill as Early as February
Taxpayers could see the benefits from Republicans’ tax reform as early as February, one tax expert says. “Certainly early next […]
Privatization Should Be Everyone’s Priority
Privatization The government gives an excludable good away for free: roads, parks, education, medicine, whatever. Then some economist advocates privatization […]
5 Prohibition Laws We Still Live With
You would think that more than 80 years after the 21st Amendment repealed Prohibition, policymakers would have eliminated senseless restrictions […]
With Government, the Slope Is, in Fact, Slippery
It started with ferries. Lord Chief Justice Hale considered the question of ferry regulation in De Portibus Maris in 1670. […]