Universal Basic Income Has Been Tried Before. It Didn’t Work.
Those calling for a government-funded universal basic income are acting as though it’s a hot new idea. It’s not. It’s […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
Governments Are Going After Airline and Credit Card Fees: Why That Will Cost Us More Than It Saves
Be it credit card fees or extra fees on airlines, politicians are trying to crack down on extra charges in […]
Ford Facing Mass Layoffs After Posting $1 billion Loss Following Trump’s Tariffs
Ford is the latest American business casualty in Trump’s trade war as the automaker experiences significant collateral damage and deadly […]
Your First Job: Real Costs of the Minimum Wage
With midterm elections approaching, ideological battlegrounds are being staked out-and few carry greater promise of enticing voters than minimum wage […]
Ethanol Is Terrible for Health and the Environment, but Government Keeps Backing It
When the elected officials and bureaucrats who run a government want to stack the deck in favor of a politically […]
Why Americans Don’t Need Federal Protection from Google, Amazon, or Facebook
The Federal Trade Commission (born in 1914, fathered by Woodrow Wilson) is hosting a series of hearings and discussions on […]
Elizabeth Warren’s ‘New Deal’ Is Closer to National Socialism than Democratic Socialism
In an episode of the HBO comedy series Crashing, libertarian Penn Jillette offered this provocative opinion: The most important revolution […]
The Freedom Caucus
This week… an epic tug of war is underway between Congress and an agency it oversees. The Justice Department has […]
Protectionist Trade Policy Picks Winners and Makes Us All Losers
President Trump recently threatened to impose over $200 billion in new tariffs-on products ranging from car parts and purses to […]
Are Food Stamps Really Reducing Labor Costs for Amazon?
On a recent segment of his popular Fox News program, conservative pundit Tucker Carlson took aim at elite billionaires Jeff […]
Stop Making Excuses for Protectionism
The Hong Kong dollar has been pegged to the U.S. dollar since 1983. It was also pegged to the dollar […]
Parents Should Be Free to Choose Safer Schools
As back-to-school time approaches, parents are bracing for school-related trauma. The threat of bullying, violence, school shootings, and mental health […]
The Economic Benefits of Legalized Sports Betting in the U.S. Would Be Huge
With sports betting making waves in the news sphere, it seems advocates for the legalization of sports wagering have hit […]
If You Hate Big Government, You Should Oppose the Death Penalty
From the Postal Service to the Department of Motor Vehicles, the government has proven to be as ineffective as Hillary […]
Welfare Spending Did Not Decrease Poverty, Capitalism Did
Last September, I shared some very encouraging data showing how extreme poverty dramatically has declined in the developing world. And […]
In 1970, Milton Friedman Called for Unilateral Free Trade Rather Than Retaliation. We Still Haven’t Learned That Simple Lesson.
Between 1966 and 1983, Milton Friedman (pictured above at the American Enterprise Institute in the 1970s) wrote more than 300 […]