The Palmer Raids: America’s Forgotten Reign of Terror
Exactly a hundred years ago this morning—on January 3, 1920—Americans woke up to discover just how little their own government […]
Exactly a hundred years ago this morning—on January 3, 1920—Americans woke up to discover just how little their own government […]
Today marks the 35th installment in a series of articles by HumanProgress.org titled Heroes of Progress. This bi-weekly column provides […]
Americans remember Benjamin Franklin as one of our founders. That is fitting because he was not just our most famous […]
Eight dollars and 41 cents. About the cost of a Chipotle burrito. That’s how much Uri Rafaeli owed the treasury […]
Just over 100 years ago (October 28, 1919), the National Prohibition Act became law. Better known as the Volstead Act, […]
Venezuela has experienced one of the sharpest economic declines in modern history—rampant inflation, near-famine, and an exodus of millions of […]
Your morning cup of coffee, A.J. Jacobs wants you to know, is a miracle of human cooperation. Jacobs writes in […]
At this time of year especially, the wide variety of individual human preferences and interests becomes abundantly clear. My children’s […]
It’s been a wild decade, especially here at FEE. We’ve covered a lot of stories and ideas throughout the past […]
Among economists’ insights over the last almost 250 years, one of the keenest is that one can do good while […]
Nazi Germany forced France to surrender on June 22, 1940. A day later, Adolf Hitler himself toured the conquered capital […]
“Fifty-seven channels and nothing on” is an adage and a so-so Bruce Springsteen song from the ‘90s. Obviously, he is […]
When I took history and government in school, many critical issues were misrepresented, given short shrift, or even ignored entirely. […]
The notion that, left unguided, without any sort of of policy involvement, the market will solve our problems will not […]
[Editor’s note: The following is in response to the cover story, “How the Elites Lost Their Grip,” by Anand Giridharadas […]
Every year Forbes publishes its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Topping the list in 2019 for the second year […]