The NEA Today, Entitlements Tomorrow
Is the OMB's kill list a sign of fiscal seriousness or the opposite?
Economics
Why Customers Like Check Cashers and Payday Lenders
Many Americans prefer alternatives to traditional banking.
An Immigration Crackdown That Could Make Crime Problems Worse
When people aren't safe asking for protection from violence, bad consequences are sure to follow.
Mexico Fires Back Against Trump With Plan to Target U.S. Farmers
A Mexican senator will introduce a bill to end all corn imports from the U.S.
Which Countries' Shadow Economies Are Biggest?
Greece, Italy take the lead; the U.S. keeps it relatively small.
This Indiana Town Wants to Fine a Community Out of Existence on Behalf of Private Developers
Charlestown can't seize the properties, so it's citing them to force them to sell.
Federal Infrastructure Spending Is a Bad Deal
Trump should choose privatization over nationalization.
Carbon Dividends: Solve Man-Made Climate Change While Shrinking Government?
Carbon tax and dividend plan would eliminate all EPA carbon regulations, all clean energy subsidies, and all energy efficiency standards.
Santa Monica Evicts Airbnb: The War on Homesharing
The popular "homesharing" service made it affordable to book a beachfront property in Santa Monica. Then the city intervened.
Meet the Free Traders Who Don't Like Global Trade Agreements
Trump's unusual fusionism puts anti-WTO libertarians on the spot.
Taxes and Red Tape Keep Colorado's Marijuana Black Market Profitable
Meddling state officials have managed to make the legal pot market uncompetitive.
Disasters Should Be Dull
But as long as distant authorities are in charge, that's impossible.
Prediction: Donald Trump Will Take Full Credit for Decrease in Illegal Immigrants That Started in 2007
He's already done the same thing with various other things, so why not his pet obsession?
Will President Trump Create More Debt Than President Obama?
Trump doesn't want to fix Social Security or Medicare.
Hawaii Proposal Would Punish Short-Term Rentals Like Sexual Assaults
Hawaii lawmakers want to make unlicensed short-term rentals a class C felony.
Changes in Commodities Prices Since 1960 Show a Richer World
The World Bank recently updated the "Pink Sheet."
Protectionism Was Costly in the Past, And The Future Won't Be Any Different
Spending $500,000 per year to save a $50,000 per year factory job might make sense politically, but only if the true cost of saving those jobs is hidden.
Donald Trump Is Wrong about Manufacturing and Economic Patriotism
Protectionism springs from ignorance of basic facts and economic principles.
Trump Isn't Creating Jobs, But He Is Creating Job Creation Announcements
After finding out he's being duped by businesses, the president-elect lashed out at NBC for informing him.
Governors Don't Transform Economies—for Good or Ill
They can formulate better policies, but they can't cure economic malaise.
Why Aren't More Americans Moving?
People used to chase economic opportunity across the country. Then the government got in the way.
More Americans Are Stuck In Place: New at Reason
Unintended consequences of local and state policies are a huge barrier to mobility.
How Obama Killed Economic Growth - And Why Trump May Be Even Worse! [Reason Podcast]
Gene Epstein of Barron's explains why economic freedom is the best way to improve living standards and why trade barriers are Donald Trump's "worst idea."
A Ringside Seat to the Debt Ceiling Fight
With our debt about to explode, the debt limit is more needed than ever. Congress needs to resist the calls to dispose of it.
Runaway Deficits Forever
Is anybody actually interested in balancing the federal budget?
911 Emergency Response System Significantly Reduced U.S. Murder Rate, Says Study
More than a 34 percent to 56 percent decrease in homicides attributed to the 911 systems
New York's Dumb War on Uber
It's time for policymakers in Albany to bring ridesharing to all New Yorkers.
Worst of Times
The New York Times' political and economic coverage is filled with deceit.
Nice Little Company Ya Got There. Shame if Anything Happened to It.
Donald Trump puts the squeeze on companies looking to outsource.
Florida Bill Would Stop Local Governments From Banning Airbnb
City commissioner frets that Airbnb users aren't paying "the tourist development tax" and other special taxes targeting visitors.
You Do Realize that if You Keep All the Jobs in America, the Mexicans Will Return?
Has Donald Trump really thought through the implications of not letting U.S. companies outsource low-level work?
A Recipe for Economic Growth in the New Year
Americans instinctively know we're on the wrong track.
Why Tuition Should Not Be Free and Stupid Policy Experiments Should Be Small, Local, and Temporary
Robby Soave and Matt Welch knee 'em in the freedom on tonight's Kennedy
Minimum Wage Increases Kick In; Start Watching for Winners and Losers
Some businesses can't handle the increased burdens.
How Crony Capitalism Works
Higher political contributions equals more government contracts on even better terms
A Stronger Economy Will Also Destroy Jobs, but It's Necessary
Better jobs come along as technologies change societies.
Will Donald Trump Screw Up V.A. Privatization? Probably.
Bad privatization is worse than no privatization at all.
5 Things Libertarians Should Be Nervous About in 2017
Say goodbye to 2016. But don't let your guard down.
3 Technologies Will Utterly Transform Your World in the Next Decade
Blockchain, CRISPR, and Machine Learning
No One Has a 'Right' to Any Given Private-Sector Job
Laws that force individuals into unwanted business relationships are unjust.
Driverless Cars and the Revenge of the Moral Equivalent of Hostlers and Horse-Drawn Carriage Makers
A perplexingly stupid op-ed against self-driving cars in The New York Times
