Freedom
James Altucher Found Himself by Losing Everything (and You Can Too!)
Q&A with this riches-to-rags evangelist for personal reinvention.
Guns, Privacy, and Freedom Benefit From New Tech Tools
A wave of new technologies is making it easier for us all to flip the bird to regulators and prohibitionists.
Are Freer Countries Just Better?
The public thinks so, and with freer countries having higher incomes, longer lifespans and lower rates of infant mortality, why wouldn't they?
Capitalism and Neoliberalism Have Made the World Better
Cato's Johan Norberg on politics, progress, and why he remains optimistic.
"Your Papers Please" Becomes Harsh Reality for Passengers on Domestic San Francisco to New York Flight
Customs and Border Protection offer only their authority at the border as excuse for demanding papers from citizens on domestic flight in fruitless search for someone "ordered removed by an immigration judge."
Terrorism and Liberty in the Trump Era
Terrorism is only a real threat if it frightens us into destroying our liberties.
Freedom Continues Its Decade-Long Retreat Around the Globe
Populists and autocrats are the rising dual threats to liberty says new Freedom House report
No One Has a 'Right' to Any Given Private-Sector Job
Laws that force individuals into unwanted business relationships are unjust.
Skating to Freedom
A skating rink is just one example of how spontaneous order is more effective than central control for organizational purposes.
Americans Are Still Freer Than Most, But the Trend Line Are Worrying
Freedom of the press, government accountability and transparency, and economic freedom have all been trending down, while corruption is trending up.
Of Course People Should Have Access to Their Genetic Data!
I don't want to have a "conversation" with regulators; I want them to get the hell out of the way
Johan Norberg: 10 Reasons To Look Forward To the Future (New Reason Podcast)
From increased life expectancy to reduced levels of violence to greater personal freedom, things are going in the right direction.
Economic Freedom in the World Is Increasing
The United States ranks 16th in the world on economic freedom index
September 11: Remembering Lives and Liberties Lost 15 Years Ago
Fifteen years later, we really do have "nothing to fear but fear itself"
Creativity Triumphs Over the Law, Again and Again
When humans focus their innovative talents on the task of defeating control freaks' pronouncements, freedom wins.
Welcome to Libertopia
Inside PorcFest, the country's largest libertarian and anarchist gathering
Brussels Terrorist Attack: Refuse to Be Afraid!
"Je suis en terrasse!" as the Parisians say.
Can Ethereum Restore Online Freedom and Transform the Internet?
"It will impact every aspect of our existence."
A Communist Student Is Igniting a Liberty Movement in India
If India's free market Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets away with his campus crackdown, it'll be bad for Pakistan
Make America Free Again
We shouldn't aspire to be a great nation. We should aspire to be fully free persons.
Political Freedom On the Rise Around the World Despite Naysayers
The next U.S. president doesn't need to try to set the world right.
Biomedical Study Reproducibility Scandalously Bad, Evidence for "Free Will," and Robot Rebellion by 2055
A scitech research and policy round up for January 5, 2016
Paris, Fear, and Freedom
It is in times of fear when we need to be most vigilant about our liberties.
Gun Control and Immigration Restrictions Are Enemies of Liberty
The major political parties both push policies that endanger our most basic liberties.
Is America the New Weimar Republic? Yeah, no.
Extremist politics, fashion choices galore: Life really is a cabaret, old chum. Or just more prosperous, fun, and free.
Secret? Global Poverty Has Been Falling - The End of Doom
New York Times columnist reveals today the "secret" that my new book documents.
A Libertarian Utopia on the Danube?
The president of Liberland, the world's newest sovereign state, speaks with Reason TV.
Liberland: A New Nation Founded on "Love and Freedom"
Can a country formed on limited government attain international legitimacy?
America: At Least We're More Free Than Estonia!
United States ranks 20th in the Cato Institute's new freedom index.
Economic Freedom Makes People Happy
New study finds that happiness correlates with living in a free society.
Jenner Is a Woman and Dolezal Is Black: Self-Fashioning in the 21st Century
People should be free to assert whatever gender or racial identity they feel.
As Long as Government Exists, Our Freedom Is Insecure
The only way for the state to truly respect our liberty would be to dismantle itself.
U.K. Election: Whoever Wins, Freedom Loses
Pity us Brits-our only choice in today's election is between different shades of paternalism.
U.S. Capitalism Isn't a 'Free Market'
Centuries of government intervention have distorted society and the economy considerably, and it will take time and patience to fix.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Lessons for the Liberty Movement
Patience and empathy are key to presenting the freedom philosophy effectively.
Remember When Home Depot Refused to do Business With…?
Publicly shaming people into line is a game everybody can play
What if the Government Fears Freedom?
What if Bush and Obama have been wrong about the priority of their constitutional duties as president?
Florida, the Freest State in the Country?
California, New York, and New Jersey always rank near the bottom of these lists as intrusive, red tape-bound hellholes.
Less Economic Freedom Equals More Income Inequality
Politicians aiming to reduce inequality end up unintentionally making it worse.
Is It Possible to Build an Internet So Decentralized That It's Beyond the Government's Reach? BitTorrent is Going to Try.
"Denying gatekeepers their grip on our future."
Berlin Wall's Fall Didn't Resolve Everything
Has the promise of freedom that looked so bright in 1989 faded-or are there grounds for cautious hope, in place of the wild-eyed optimism of a quarter century ago?