Police detectives accused Jerry Johnson of being a drug trafficker and seized cash he says he intended to use to buy a semitruck at auction. He was never charged with a crime.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like the recent trend of rising administrative bloat is going to reverse anytime soon.
Plus: A listener asks the editors if the nation is indeed unraveling or if she is just one of "The Olds" now.
Plus: Another campus free speech debacle, foreign cheese groups lose Gruyere trademark case, and more...
Plus: The editors recommend the best books for sparking interest in free market principles.
The Fed's anti-inflation measures had to hurt someone.
Plus: Fox News troubles, junk statistics about illicit economies, and more...
The legislation, which forbids shipping anything between American ports in ships that are not U.S. built and crewed, is just another a special deal that one industry has scammed out of Congress.
As legislators refuse to act, benefits will be cut without any possibility of sheltering those seniors who are poor.
A coming crackdown on $1.6 billion in unreported tips will continue the IRS' long and ugly history of targeting low-income Americans.
Economists Lawrence H. White and Frederic Mishkin debate whether the Federal Reserve should be replaced with free market institutions.
Economists Lawrence H. White and Frederic Mishkin debate whether the Federal Reserve should be replaced with free market institutions.
The Lords of Easy Money argues that the Fed created an economy with nearly irresistible incentives for foolish choices.
Sebastian Mallaby's The Power Law explores how venture capital and public policy helped shape modern technology.
Freeman, an early adopter of the virtual currency, gets slammed by a state that can't tolerate any use of money without its permission and knowledge.
If lawmakers keep spending like they are, and if the Fed backs down from taming inflation, then the government may create a perfect storm.
When I was young, I assumed government would lift people out of poverty. But those policies often do more harm than good.
Some people would benefit. Others would lose money or be rendered unemployable.
Plus: moral panic about department stores, the obvious cause of homelessness, and more...
The mainstream coverage of SBF and FTX is more than a little blasé.
Plus: Democrats retain control of Senate, RIP Sharon Presley and Martin Wooster, and more...
The idea that the Fed has the knowledge necessary to control the economy with perfectly calibrated policies was always an illusion.
The G Word, a new documentary, only occasionally covers serious issues. But it opts not to do honest reporting.
"Sounds like a good reason to think twice about using PayPal," writes Eugene Volokh.
No, a big storm does not require big government.
Plus: Student drag shows are protected speech, a bank CEO rebuffs Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and more...
What would happen to the U.K. balance sheet if the monarchy were retired?
The state's $9.5 billion Better for Families program will provide checks of up to $1,050 to state residents to stem the rising costs of living.
It would be far easier to prosecute sex trafficking if voluntary sex work were legal.
Plus: The Virginia Libertarian Party dissolves, San Franciso decriminalizes psychedelic plants, and more...
Monetary Metals CEO Keith Weiner defends the future of gold against bitcoin podcaster Pierre Rochard.
So why do Democrats keep equivocating on the point that households making under $400,000 may be targeted for more audits by an expanded IRS?
The self-described freedom maximalist explains why he isn't put off bitcoin by its decline since last November.
The Federal Reserve started the problem, and consumers are paying for the consequences.
Inflation damages the economy while doing the greatest harm to the most vulnerable.
Millions of lower-income or unbanked people are more likely to use cryptocurrency as a payment method.
Last week, the price of bitcoin fell to lows not seen since 2020 while a prominent stablecoin collapsed. Does this mean it was all a Ponzi scheme?
Unfortunately, an automatic crypto purchase made with after-tax earnings won't lower your taxable income.
Despite bitcoin's steep slide, the CEO of MicroStrategy is bullish on its mass adoption.
"If treating diapers like a luxury makes you mad, so should taxing them like a luxury," said Paltrow.
The MicroStrategy CEO and biggest corporate owner of bitcoin is HODLING for the long haul, come bull or bear market.
The Department of Labor and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have strong opinions about Fidelity’s new 401K option
Congress should stop preventing the private sector from making its own coins.
Regulatory agencies were never designed to be political, but the tables have turned.
Regarding the authoritarian country's central bank digital currency, you do not, under any circumstances, “gotta hand it to them.”
Politicians attack dollar-backed cryptocurrencies called “stablecoins” and the decentralized finance it enables
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