Government Is the Greatest Purveyor of Inequality
With June being celebrated as Gay Pride month, every year around this time we seem to experience an increase in […]
The U.S. Should Be More Like Hong Kong
While airports frequently have “Duty-Free” stores within them, Hong Kong is a Duty-Free city-state. It levies no taxes on incoming foreign […]
John Maynard Keynes: The Damage Still Done by a Defunct Economist
Seventy years ago, on February 4, 1936, the English economist John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) published what soon became his most […]
Masterpiece Cakeshop Ruling Tastes Good, But Is Empty Calories
Today’s exceedingly narrow decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop kicks all the big questions down the road. While it’s gratifying that, by a […]
This Supreme Court Case Could Change Online Shopping Overnight
Online commerce as we know it could soon radically change. In a case it recently heard, the Supreme Court could eliminate the […]
3 Myths of Socialism Debunked by Venezuela’s Nightmare
History provides endless examples of vicious despots ruling under various collectivist ideologies. Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, and-today-Kim Jong-un and […]
How Imperial Socialism Shattered the Roman Empire and Led to Feudalism
In years of peace, Diocletian, with his aides, faced the problems of economic decay. To overcome depression and prevent revolution, […]
This Doctor Is Making Heart Surgery Accessible to the Poor by Embracing Mass Production
Health care is a delicate topic. So delicate, in fact, that comparing it to something as impersonal as the mass […]
The U.S. Starts a Trade War-With Its Allies
The temporary exemptions to the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum granted to Canada, Mexico, and the European Union […]
To Restrain Populism, Revive Federalism
Classical political theory was concerned to blend both popular and aristocratic (or elitist) elements in a regime. A balance of […]
As Long As People Are Free, There Will Be Inequality
If there’s something that progressives agree on, it’s that inequality exists and that it’s a problem. But what do we […]
Nazism and Communism Are Two Sides of the Collectivist Coin
In 2016, I toured the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia, which memorializes the victims of communist butchery in that nation. Earlier today, I […]
How Jailing Drug Users Increases Opioid Overdoses
The standard view of the opioid epidemic blames pharmaceutical companies and doctors for excessive prescribing. An alternate view blames government for […]
Adding up America’s Fiscal Follies through the Years
Recently, a passage from an economics textbook, Modern Principles of Economics, came to my attention. It was written by Tyler […]
Debunking 9 Farm Subsidy Myths Pushed by Special Interest Groups
Agricultural special interests try to make it sound as though touching even one farm subsidy-regardless of how unreasonable the subsidy […]
How Media Outlets Misinform the Public about Teacher Pay
During recent teacher walkouts in Oklahoma that captured national attention, many major media outlets reported misleadingly small figures for teacher pay. […]