Trump’s Lumber Tariffs Hurt Hurricane Recovery
As the flood waters from Hurricane Harvey dry up, the residents of affected areas are turning to the task of […]
In Defense of Free to Choose Medicine
Introductory note from FEE President Lawrence W. Reed: On August 18, we published my article entitled “Herpes Cure Needs Free to […]
Why Is the FBI Persecuting Juggalos?
Despite being billed as a showdown of competing political protests and rallies, the only political action on the streets of […]
The 5 Best Explanations for Why Unions Are Anti-Worker
Union Video of the Day I. From a 1980 lecture, Milton Friedman discusses the “real world effects of unions” in […]
Economic Freedom Is the Best Weapon Against Poverty
Over the past few decades, hundreds of millions of people have risen out of poverty to grow into a powerful […]
What Most Americans Don’t Know about Extreme Poverty
766,010,000 people. That’s how many are living in extreme poverty today, defined by the World Bank as having roughly $2/day […]
Nationalism Is a Farce That Ends in Tragedy
Karl Marx famously began The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by observing that Hegel “remarks somewhere that all facts and […]
How the Government Turns Natural Disasters Into Catastrophes
Many of the most expensive flood and storm disasters in US history have occurred in recent decades. The glib response […]
Consumers,Regulation,Finance,Entrepreneurship
The debate over financial regulation is stuck in a false dichotomy. Many see it as a zero-sum trade-off between protecting […]
Socialist Policy Tanked Venezuela’s Economy, Not Falling Oil Prices
Left-wing commentators are struggling to come to grips with Venezuela’s economic collapse. In early August, Stanford University professor Terry Lynn […]
Civil Asset Forfeiture Unjustly Targets the Poor
Income mobility in the United States has stagnated, a fact that hurts the poor most of all. If President Trump […]
Greedy Capitalists’ Are the Best at Giving Us What We Want
I’ve made very serious (and hopefully substantive) arguments about why small government and free markets are the recipe for prosperity. […]
Markets Run Health Care Better Than Government Mandates
The Western world recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Communist dream turned oppressive […]
Constitutional Ignorance Led to a Tyranny of the Majority
Constitution Day-September 17-marks the anniversary of its 1787 signing. Students will be taught about it…but not because of its importance. […]
Race Relations Are Improved by Free Markets, Not Collectivist Politics
Politically we seem to be living in trying times. The political polarization, as portrayed in the mainstream news media, appears […]
The Core of Liberty Is Economic Liberty
Since the rise during the late 1800s of socialism, New Liberalism, and Progressivism it has been conventional to scorn economic […]