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Golden State Knocks Greed out of the Park as State Politicians Target Shohei Ohtani
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  January 22, 2024
No Policy Consequences Are ‘Unintended’
William F. Shughart II  ·  January 22, 2024
Travis Kelce, COVID ‘Variants,’ and the CDC Vaccine Machine
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  January 22, 2024
The Hysterical Style in American Politics
To enact its unpopular agendas, the progressive movement must scare the people silly and gin up chaos to destroy its perceived enemies—any crisis it can.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  January 21, 2024
What Netanyahu Can Learn from the War on Terror
The War on Terror exemplified how a state’s overreaction to an attack can cause more harm than good. Is Israel on the same path?
Ivan Eland  ·  January 19, 2024
Health Insurance Without Health Care
John C. Goodman  ·  January 19, 2024
Inflation Was Always a Monetary Phenomenon, Never Transitory
The Fed must realize that monetary policy is not about interest rates, but about the rate of growth in the money supply.
John Greenwood, OBE, Steve H. Hanke  ·  January 16, 2024
Claudine Gay: Critical Plagiarism Theory
Phillip W. Magness  ·  January 15, 2024
Fauci, Friends, and Fallout
The time has come to hold Fauci and friends fully accountable for their actions.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  January 15, 2024
A Message from Menem to Milei: Dollarize Argentina Now
All the talk and scribbling about the infeasibility of dollarization in Argentina is simply wrong.
Steve H. Hanke, Francisco Zalles  ·  January 11, 2024
James Gwartney Made Economics Accessible
He helped popularize free-market ideas and even brought them to post-Soviet Russia.
Robert A. Lawson, Richard K. Vedder  ·  January 9, 2024
Let Unconstitutional Federal Government Surveillance of Americans Lapse
Section 702 always has been unconstitutional; Congress should let it lapse.
Ivan Eland  ·  January 8, 2024
California’s Minimum Wage Woes Are a Cautionary Tale for the Nation
Adam B. Summers  ·  January 8, 2024
Racial Preferences Replay Under Gavin’s Governance
Invoking “research” to override law and justify unequal treatment.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  January 8, 2024
San Francisco Must Stop Enabling Substance Abuse
Christopher J. Calton  ·  January 4, 2024
The Department of Education Needs to Die
Richard K. Vedder  ·  January 4, 2024
Let People Reimagine Housing to Make It More Affordable
Art Carden  ·  January 3, 2024
Can We Reduce Health Care Costs with Better Primary Care?
John C. Goodman  ·  January 2, 2024
ChatGPT Is a Calculator; Deal with It
Michael C. Munger  ·  January 2, 2024
How FDR Emasculated the Black Press in World War II
Instead of indulging in politically risky sedition prosecutions of the black press, the government relied on indirect methods of behind-the-scenes manipulation and intimidation.
David T. Beito  ·  December 28, 2023
Washington Doesn’t Understand Obamacare
John C. Goodman  ·  December 27, 2023
California Will See Plenty of New Laws in 2024, but Few Which Will Fix Actual Problems
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 26, 2023
Harvard Should Pay Its Fair Share
How to deal with higher ed’s corruption? Milton Friedman had the right idea: Tax the universities.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 24, 2023
Christmas Comes Early for Government Snoops
The new FBI motto should be “here’s looking at you, kid.”
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 24, 2023
Leave the Fence Alone: On ‘Toward a Political Economy of the Commons: Simple Rules for Sustainability’
Art Carden  ·  December 21, 2023


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