Commentary Articles

Hitting Woke Herd Immunity?
We have become an absurd society obsessed with race but without any mechanism to develop a logical category of victimization and reparation.
Victor Davis Hanson | March 10, 2021

Only in San Francisco: $61,000 Tents and $350,000 Public Toilets
Lee E. Ohanian | March 10, 2021

The Three Worst Arguments for the Minimum Wage
John C. Goodman | March 10, 2021

How Much Should the Feds Bail Out the Colleges?
Richard K. Vedder | March 9, 2021

Wind Power Is a Disaster in Texas, No Matter What Paul Krugman Says
Robert P. Murphy | March 8, 2021

Concerned about Amazon Workers? Here’s How to Really Help Them
Art Carden | March 5, 2021

Who Is Getting the Vaccine? Who Isn’t? And Why?
John C. Goodman | March 4, 2021

‘Stimulus’ Does Little for Jobs
Andrew F. Puzder | March 4, 2021

Support Cuba’s Emerging Market Economy by Ending the Embargo
Benjamin Powell | March 3, 2021

The Capitalists Who Sell Ethnic Studies
Lee E. Ohanian | March 3, 2021

That the Profit of One Man Is the Gain of Another
Art Carden | March 2, 2021

Three Covid-19 Collegiate Predictions Gone Wrong
Richard K. Vedder | March 2, 2021

Forgiving Student Loans: Not the Great Idea You Think It Is
Art Carden | March 2, 2021

The Money Boom Is Already Here
Since February 2020, the M2 supply has increased 26%—the largest one-year jump since 1943.
Steve H. Hanke, John Greenwood, OBE | March 1, 2021

There Are Libertarians in a Pandemic, and for Good Reason
Art Carden | March 1, 2021

Dear Students: Here Are Ten Ways to Get Your Financial House in Order
Art Carden | February 26, 2021

When Is Short Selling Fraudulent?
Robert P. Murphy | February 25, 2021

Looking for Common Sense in a Senseless World? The New Thomas Sowell Documentary Delivers
Art Carden | February 25, 2021

Economic Impromptus from the Ordinary Business of Life: A Trip to the Park
Art Carden | February 23, 2021

Biden: ‘Forgive Us Some of Your Debts, but Not All of Them’
Richard K. Vedder | February 23, 2021

Contrary to Biden’s Executive Orders, There Is No Climate Crisis
Anthony R. Lupo | February 23, 2021

Why Biden and Krugman Are Wrong about the $15 Minimum Wage
Robert P. Murphy | February 22, 2021

Are We Really a People in Crisis?
Bruce Yandle | February 22, 2021

America Needs a Robert A. Taft
William J. Watkins, Jr. | February 22, 2021

Prices Help Us Bear One Another’s Burdens
Art Carden | February 20, 2021