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Don’t Confuse Argentina’s Right-Wing Statism with Economic Freedom

This entry was posted on 05/17/2019

Just last month, I wrote about Argentina’s grim economic outlook and criticized the supposed right-of-center President, Mauricio Macri, for failing […]

Don't Confuse Argentina's Right-Wing Statism with Economic Freedom

Don’t Blame Capitalism for Surging Student Debt and High Tuition

This entry was posted on 05/15/2019

American college graduates are suffering financially under the weight of $1.5 trillion of student loan debt. The bulk of that […]

Idaho Repealed Its Entire Regulatory Code. Now What?

This entry was posted on 05/14/2019

My friend and former student Paul Gerner suggested to me a few years ago that the federal government have a […]

Idaho Repealed Its Entire Regulatory Code. Now What?

How Minimum Wage Laws Are Like Poll Taxes

This entry was posted on 05/14/2019

Here’s a letter to Mr. Eddie Ng: Mr. Ng: Thanks for your e-mail. You find my colleague Dick Wagner’s case […]

Data Show California Is a Living Example of the Good Intentions Fallacy

This entry was posted on 05/14/2019

During a speech at Harvard several years ago, Charlie Munger related a story about a surgeon who removed ‘bushel baskets […]

Data Show California Is a Living Example of the Good Intentions Fallacy

Government Thrives by Keeping People Blind to Its True Costs

This entry was posted on 05/13/2019

Ever wonder why people put blinders on horses? As prey animals, horses have eyes on the sides of their heads […]

Slowing Productivity and Rising Inequality Have a Common Driver: Government Intervention

This entry was posted on 05/12/2019

A growing chorus of alarmist voices decries the rising economic inequality in the Western world, especially in the United States. Surprisingly […]

Why We Need Hayek Today

This entry was posted on 05/10/2019

One hundred and twenty years ago today, on May 8, 1899, Friedrich August von Hayek was born in Vienna. The […]

The Fearmongers Are Wrong about Artificial Intelligence and Robots

This entry was posted on 05/08/2019

Thanks to the recent efforts of such figures as Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and British Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, […]

The Fearmongers Are Wrong about Artificial Intelligence and Robots

Why Millennials Are Poorer Than Other Generations

This entry was posted on 05/06/2019

One of the challenges in looking at income and wealth data is getting a sense of how different demographic groups […]

Guns or Butter: It’s Time to Be Honest about Which Is Driving Federal Debt

This entry was posted on 05/05/2019

In October, Senate Democrats-led by insurgent 2016 presidential candidate and possible 2020 presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)–published a report […]

Guns or Butter: It’s Time to Be Honest about Which Is Driving Federal Debt

America’s Success Was Achieved by Limiting Government, Not by Government

This entry was posted on 05/04/2019

Then-President Obama’s famous 2012 ‘you didn’t build that’ rationalization for not only increasing taxes but also for increasingly progressive taxes […]