93 Vermont Towns Have No Public Schools, But Great Education. How Do They Do It?
In just a couple of weeks, 50 boys with learning disabilities will take to a stage in Vermont, one after […]
Political
How Democracy Is Undermining the Constitution and Civil Liberties
That Americans are in the throes of a crisis in democracy has become a commonplace refrain of late. I have […]
This Comic Book’s Persuasive Case for Open Borders
Economists tend to prefer trade to charity. Charity is fickle because it relies on the transient benevolence of donors or […]
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 […]
Enrico Fermi: The Man Who Built the World’s First Nuclear Reactor
Today marks the 35th installment in a series of articles by HumanProgress.org titled Heroes of Progress. This bi-weekly column provides […]
17 Benjamin Franklin Quotes on Tyranny, Liberty, and Rights
Americans remember Benjamin Franklin as one of our founders. That is fitting because he was not just our most famous […]
6 Things We Learned from Prohibition
Just over 100 years ago (October 28, 1919), the National Prohibition Act became law. Better known as the Volstead Act, […]
8 Venezuelan Industries Hugo Chavez Nationalized (Besides Oil)
Venezuela has experienced one of the sharpest economic declines in modern history—rampant inflation, near-famine, and an exodus of millions of […]
FEE’s Top 10 Articles of the Decade
It’s been a wild decade, especially here at FEE. We’ve covered a lot of stories and ideas throughout the past […]
How Adam Smith Showed We Can Do Good By Doing Well
Among economists’ insights over the last almost 250 years, one of the keenest is that one can do good while […]
The Courage of a Nurse: the Story of Edith Cavell
Nazi Germany forced France to surrender on June 22, 1940. A day later, Adolf Hitler himself toured the conquered capital […]
Why America’s Founders Didn’t Want a Democracy
When I took history and government in school, many critical issues were misrepresented, given short shrift, or even ignored entirely. […]
My Response to Time Magazine’s Cover Story on Capitalism
[Editor’s note: The following is in response to the cover story, “How the Elites Lost Their Grip,” by Anand Giridharadas […]
Rose Wilder Lane: Pioneer of Educational Freedom
My eight-year-old daughter Abby recently started reading Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was prompted, […]
New California Ballot Initiative Is Just More Favoritism
Last month, Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash launched a $90 million advertising campaign in support of a California ballot initiative to […]
Anti-Capitalism: Trendy but Wrong
You can’t escape it; capitalism has a bad rap. Last night, thousands of anti-capitalist protestors took to the streets in […]