Commentary Articles

Don’t Feel Bad About Using the Self Checkout
Art Carden | July 19, 2019

The Past Is a Nice Place to Visit. You Wouldn’t Want to Live There.
Art Carden | July 19, 2019

Trump Rolls the Dice on Sanctions and Wins...War?
Ivan Eland | July 18, 2019

In a United Nations Report, a Socialist Details Venezuela’s Horrors
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | July 18, 2019

Was There Value in the Space Race?
Mike M. Moore | July 18, 2019

The Capitalist Achievement of Recorded Music
Art Carden | July 18, 2019

How Trump Is Reforming Medicare, Part II
John C. Goodman, Lawrence J. Wedekind | July 18, 2019

Would You Buy a Used Car from a College President?
Richard K. Vedder | July 16, 2019

Should We Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 15%?
Art Carden | July 15, 2019

To Help Women, Should We Boycott Women’s Soccer?
Art Carden | July 15, 2019

How Trump Is Reforming Medicare, Part I
Lawrence J. Wedekind, John C. Goodman | July 15, 2019

There Is No One Answer to Rule Them All
Art Carden | July 13, 2019

Census Citizenship Question Is Constitutional and Should Be Approved
Ronald L. Trowbridge | July 12, 2019

Are Intelligent Machines Coming for Your Job and Your Wages?
Art Carden | July 11, 2019

Our Federal versus National Character
William J. Watkins Jr. | July 11, 2019

Consumers Say ‘End of the Road’ for Volkswagen’s Iconic Beetle
Art Carden | July 10, 2019

Trump and Newsom Think Alike on Deadly Wildfires
Lawrence J. McQuillan | July 10, 2019

Why I Am Not a Socialist
Art Carden | July 10, 2019

Is a College Degree Necessary? A Tale of Three Students
Richard K. Vedder | July 9, 2019

The Most Brilliant Economic Journalist Who Ever Lived: A Birthday Appreciation of Frederic Bastiat
Art Carden | July 2, 2019

Democratic Socialism Newspeak
Benjamin Powell | July 2, 2019

2020 Democrats Proposed a Monopoly for Health Care—but Forgot to Mention It Will End Individual Choice
K. Lloyd Billingsley | July 2, 2019

Betsy DeVos Is Right about Gainful Employment
Richard K. Vedder | July 2, 2019

Thomas Sowell: A Birthday Appreciation
Art Carden | July 1, 2019

Should We Get Rid of the Mortgage Interest Deduction?
Art Carden | June 29, 2019

If Student Loans Might Be Canceled, Why Not Borrow More?
Art Carden | June 28, 2019

Sanders’ Seductive Scholastic Socialistic Syllogisms
Richard K. Vedder | June 27, 2019

Wind Power Sources Remain More Fantasy than Reality
William F. Shughart II | June 27, 2019

A State’s Sovereignty Trumps Double Jeopardy
William J. Watkins Jr. | June 24, 2019

Donald Trump Takes a Big Step toward Personal and Portable Health Insurance
John C. Goodman | June 24, 2019

Hong Kong Protesters vs. China’s Leaders—We Can’t Be Naive about Beijing’s Next Move
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | June 20, 2019

Is Harvard an Embarrassment? Part II: Kyle Kashuv and David Hogg
Richard K. Vedder | June 20, 2019

The Growth in Tuition Insurance
Richard K. Vedder | June 19, 2019

New Study Admits Even Modest Carbon Tax Would Hurt the Next Two Generations
Robert P. Murphy | June 18, 2019

A Parade of Imperial Presidencies
Ivan Eland | June 18, 2019

In Defense of Blowouts: People Respond to Incentives, Even on the Soccer Field
Art Carden | June 17, 2019

The Most Important Health Reform of All
John C. Goodman | June 17, 2019

California’s High-Speed Rail Is the Very Definition of a Boondoggle
Adam B. Summers | June 17, 2019

Decline of the M.B.A., Fall of the Humanities: What’s Left?
Richard K. Vedder | June 11, 2019

Forget Paris: On the Second Anniversary of Trump’s Pullout
Robert P. Murphy | June 10, 2019

Taxpayers Shouldn’t Get Stuck with a $1.5 Trillion Loan Default Tab
Richard K. Vedder | June 10, 2019

Why the Left Doesn’t Understand Health Care
John C. Goodman | June 8, 2019

Newsom Ignores Real Problem Facing State’s Teachers: Living in California
Kristiana Bolzman | June 7, 2019

Markets Can Handle Climate Change
William F. Shughart II | June 7, 2019

Are Universities Increasingly Liars and Con Artists?
Richard K. Vedder | June 5, 2019

Don’t Cry for Argentina, Yet
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | June 3, 2019

Economists Have Been “Useful Idiots” for the Green Socialists
Robert P. Murphy | June 3, 2019

Semi-Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene
Art Carden | May 31, 2019