Escape from New York: Big Government Is Chasing Away the Small Businesses It Doesn’t Kill
Big government is crushing small business owners around the nation, punishing decades of hard work and job creation. Too few […]
How Socialists Make Economics the ‘Dismal Science’ in Spite of Rising Prosperity
Eighteenth-century economist Thomas Carlyle called economics a dismal science not just in reaction to economist Tomas Malthus’ view that economic […]
Free Trade Makes Us All Richer (Even If Other Countries Don’t ‘Play Fair’)
This week my colleague Ryan Young rightly warned that the White House’s newly announced tariffs on Chinese goods will harm […]
Socialism, Like Dracula, Rises Again from the Grave
Many of us grew up watching Dracula movies-Nosferatu, the “Undead.” Fearful of the sunlight that could burn him into cinders, […]
No, This Won’t Be a ‘Trade War to End All Trade Wars’
It is no surprise that President Trump’s trade war has many supporters. An understanding of the law of comparative advantage […]
How Communism Became the Disease It Tried to Cure
From Radical Revolutionaries to Privileged Bureaucrats The great German sociologist, Max Weber (1864-1920) offered an understanding of the evolution of […]
How Prices Keep Us from Squandering Resources
One of the most fundamental aspects of an economy is its allocation of resources, simply meaning how and where resources […]
Want to Help the Poor? Don’t Increase the Minimum Wage, Reform Occupational Licensing
A new report from the University of Wisconsin-Madison comparing employment between Minnesota and Wisconsin after Minnesota raised its minimum wage […]
On Energy, Republicans Follow in Obama’s Interventionist Footsteps
During the Obama years, I criticized the President for various green-energy scams that squandered money and produced scandals such as Solyndra. And I also noted that […]
Social Security: The Talking Points that Keep Us in Denial
Earlier this month, the Trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds released another set of figures underscoring the dreary outlook […]
If American Healthcare Kills, European Healthcare Kills More
The moral argument for universal healthcare is simple: more people receiving medical care means fewer preventable deaths. If universal healthcare, […]
What if We Treated Public Schools as Monopolies?
Many of my friends who defend public education are also the political type who are very worried about monopolies. They […]
Ontario’s Minimum Wage Hike Has Been Disastrous, Especially for Disabled Workers
The Canadian province of Ontario began 2018 by raising the minimum wage from $11.60 to $14. The move was predictably […]
5 Times US Tariffs Have Made Matters Worse
Follow 2VNews on Twitter On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced his plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum coming […]
How Socialized Medicine Creates Dependence
Over at the Reason Hit and Run website, Charles Oliver writes: In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service is looking […]
The ‘Janus’ Decision Is a Victory Decades in the Making
The right-to-work movement has cause for celebration, as last week’s landmark decision by the Supreme Court has ushered in a […]