Ian Keyser is an audio engineer at Reason.
Regulating Smartphones? Jonathan Haidt vs. Libertarians
The author of The Anxious Generation argues that parents, schools, and society must keep kids off of social media.
The author of The Anxious Generation argues that parents, schools, and society must keep kids off of social media.
The author of Bad Therapy argues that we have created a generation of "emotional hypochondriacs."
The entrepreneur, who founded the Cicero Institute to fix government and the University of Austin to fix higher education, wanted space to flourish.
Only 22 of the 476 studies in The Anxious Generation contain data on either heavy social media use or serious mental issues among adolescents, and none have data on both.
Plus: A listener asks if Trump or Biden have done anything to secure the blessings of liberty.
The podcasting pioneer argues that "history is a moving target."
How Vietnam, Watergate, and stagflation supercharged the libertarian movement.
The president of the new University of Austin wants to reverse the decline of higher education in America.
The Republican pollster argues that the "working class is concentrated in states that are more electorally significant to the outcome of the election."
"People are not in politics for truth-seeking reasons," argues the data journalist and author of On The Edge: The Art of Risking Everything.
Abundant, emissions-free energy was once the promise of a nuclear-powered future. What happened?
"I'm concerned about a Trump-Biden rematch," argues Riedl. "You have two presidents with two of the worst fiscal records of the past 100 years."
El Salvador stands at a crossroads between popular sentiment and adherence to constitutional principles.
Former Rep. Justin Amash says "the idea of introducing impeachment legislation suggests there's other people who will join you. Otherwise, it's just an exercise in futility."
"None of these laws prevent kids from viewing anything. They just prevent kids from posting," argues Shoshana Weissmann.
In 2024, the FDA will decide whether or not MDMA can be used to treat patients suffering from PTSD.
Reagan's former budget director says pro-inflation policies destroyed prosperity—and that the only solution is a new, anti-statist political party.
Milei's swift action intended to transform Argentina's floundering economy provoked the country's biggest labor union to call tens of thousands to protest in Buenos Aires against his libertarian agenda.
The Things Fell Apart host Jon Ronson explains how a 1988 quack medical concept inspired George Floyd's death in 2020 and how Plandemic is basically a rewrite of Star Wars.
Author James Kirchick supports the First Amendment, full stop. Why don't more journalists?
Author Magatte Wade discusses how cryptocurrencies are helping people like her build the Africa—and the world—they want.
The former governor argues that beating up on businesses "is only sharpening the knife that the left will eventually use on us."
William D. Eggers discusses what he's learned about making the government less intrusive.
Was Milton Friedman the most important libertarian of them all?
Nike should welcome the reinvention of their popular shoes.
Being able to take risks and having the freedom to try out wild ideas is the only process that leads to successful innovation.
Despite their popularity, food trucks at the National Mall are paying a hefty price to operate.
One company is betting that it can run a commercially viable passenger rail service without massive federal subsidies.
Inside the gathering of the scientists, psychonauts, capitalists, and comedians committed to mainstreaming psychedelics without repeating the errors of the 1960s.
The enigmatic privacy obsessive is fighting to keep the cypherpunk dream alive.
The FTX meltdown, "Operation Chokepoint 2.0," and a "crypto winter" have only strengthened the resolve of the enthusiasts Reason spoke with at the annual National Bitcoin Conference in Miami.
Joanna Schwartz on how law enforcement "became untouchable"
The amount of knowledge that's freely available on the internet is staggering. Politicians shouldn't try to restrict that.
We can't grow our way out of its ruinous economic impact. The only way forward is to cut spending.
The feds invoke national security to take away more of your rights and pretend they're keeping you safe.
Today, the Lone Star state counts 90 homeless people per every 100,000 residents. In California, the problem is almost five times as bad.
No, and that good news needs to be front and center in all discussions of gun control, especially after school shootings.
It's time to spread cheer. Reason is here to help.
Robert Pondiscio's provocative new book, How the Other Half Learns, challenges supporters and opponents of education reform.
Reason's Robby Soave on his new book, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump
A defense of the conservative sensibility in an era of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
Historian Daniel Okrent's new book, The Guarded Gate, recounts the history of bigotry, eugenics, and the "intellectual justification" of anti-immigration policies.
The libertarian legal analyst says Trump, like his White House predecessors, has abused executive power in all sorts of ways.
Columbia linguist John McWhorter on the Jussie Smollett hoax, Donald Trump, and "antiracism" as a new secular religion.
In Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, Nicholas Christakis says natural selection "prewires" us for peaceful co-existence.
In Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, Nicholas Christakis says our common humanity outweighs divisive tribalism.
Q&A with political strategist Liz Mair.