Yes, the World is Getting Better. Here's Why.
Reason TV set out to cheer up Venice Beach doomsayers with evidence of positive global trends.
Economics
Weak Enforcement Will Blunt the Impact of New York's $15 Minimum Wage
Luckily, the state is incapable of administering a potentially disastrous law.
Is the $15 Minimum Wage Coming to Cleveland?
The city is considering a bill backed by a union PAC.
'Equal Pay for Equal Work?' We're Almost There
In a 33-country study, the pay gap between men and women working the same jobs was just 1.6 percent.
Lessons in Wendy's New Push for Self-Service Kiosks
Market pressures were already making wages more competitive.
Current Commodity Super-Cycle Slide Confounds Resource Doomsters
Investor Jeremy Grantham makes "an admission of a past mistake on resources."
Sliding Down the Super-Cycle: Resource Doom Postponed Indefinitely
Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham admits he was wrong about "peak everything."
Study Attempts to Show Exactly How Trump's Trade Wars Devastate the Poor
How to erase billions from the American economy.
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fall Again—Down 12 Percent from 2005
Yet the U.S. economy grew in real terms by 15 percent since 2005.
Energy in the West Cheap and Ubiquitous Despite Policymakers' Best Efforts
The West's misguided attempts to curtail CO2 emissions through limits on energy use are filtering down to places where cheap energy is still a distant dream.
We Were Kidding About Donald Trump Literally Taking the U.S. to Bankruptcy Court, Right?
GOP presumptive nominee discusses renegotiating federal debt, like struggling economies do.
Is Blockchain Technology a Trojan Horse Behind Wall Street's Walled Garden?
At the Bitcoin/blockchain industry's flagship annual conference, blue chip banks were out in force.
Puerto Rico Has Become America's Version of Greece
Debt relief and privatization are the only ways to fix its fiscal mess.
Funding Ideology, Not Research, at University of California 'Labor Institutes'
An effort in the legislature to urge UC regents to refrain from expanding labor institutes to UC-Irvine met with union opposition.
300 Hours Training Required to Shampoo Hair In Tennessee
Three-hundred hours of classes "on the theory and practice of shampooing?" And that's just the start....
Jane Jacobs at 100
On Jane Jacobs' 100th birthday, we look back at Reason's coverage of the great defender of urban freedom.
Who Would Bankrupt America First, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump?
Lessons from Puerto Rico.
It's Not Hedge Funds That Caused Puerto Rico to Fail to Manage Its Debts
Those who call for aid shouldn't ignore where the territory's money actually went.
Obama's Cynical Games May Doom Immigration Reform
If he loses, he'll only have himself to blame.
'Serial Child Molester' Dennis Hastert Gets 15 Months for Something That Shouldn't Be Illegal
The former speaker of the House can no longer be prosecuted for his real crimes.
Did Jay-Z Cheat on Beyoncé or Do the Two Know How to Sell a Record?
Lemonade and the libertarian moment
You Are $13,000 Poorer Because of Federal Regulations
New study quantifies the damage to economic growth that the accumulation of regulations causes
Federal Regulations Make You a Lot Poorer: New at Reason
New study finds that U.S. economy is $4 trillion smaller due to over-regulation
Obama Administration Doesn't Want Us to Hold Its Overzealous Prosecutions Against Its Targets
A week to try to help ex-prisoners return to communities follows years of relentlessly putting them away.
Millennials Hate Capitalism Almost as Much as They Hate Socialism
Seize the means of production? Meh. Millennials love private enterprise-as long as you don't call it "capitalism."
Hillary Clinton, Borrowing From Rubio, Discovers Welders
If you thought the exit of Marco Rubio meant we could forget about the welder issue, alas, no such luck.
Hillary's State Department Stopped Haiti From Increasing Its Minimum Wage to 61 Cents
Because it would have hurt an already anemic economy. Sound familiar?
Game of Thrones Economics
How George R.R. Martin infuses his fantasy series with real-world economic lessons.
Reason Debate On DAPA
Two libertarian scholars go toe-to-toe on Obama's immigration executive order
Earth Day 2016: Paris Climate Agreement Signed
Too weak or a giant bureaucratic threat to democracy?
Millennials Hurt By Occupational Licensing Laws
Young people entering the workforce without a degree or a "rent-seeking" license face low wages, if they can even find a job.
The Dark Side of Socialized Motherhood
Austria gives women generous maternity benefits while shuffling them into the pink ghetto.
'Buy American' Hurts Americans
"Every part of my product is made in the USA." What could be wrong with that? Lots of things...
Great News! Harriet Tubman Will Replace Andrew Jackson on the Front of the $20 Bill
Alexander Hamilton, meanwhile, will stay on the $10 note.
After We Audit the Pentagon, Maybe We Should Audit the Audit
The Defense Department can't account for how it spends its money.
Trump's Plan for Making Financial Black Markets Great Again
The presidential wannabe's scheme will likely draw more illegal immigrants and fuel illegal evasion of capital controls.
San Francisco Tries to Square Progressivism with Housing Progress
The only solution is more housing. But people want the city the way it is: unaffordable.
Free Markets Linked to Less Human Trafficking
Score one for capitalism and economic liberalization: countries with freer markets handle human trafficking better, say researchers.
Four Progressive Minimum Wage Myths Debunked
Democrats are just making things up to advance their job-killing cause.
The NY Primary, Minimum Wage, Fracking, Chicago's Allegedy Racist Cops, and the Speech Police: The Fifth Column Podcast Returns
Matt Welch, Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan try to figure out who's the real New Yorker
California's New Retirement Plan for Private Sector Workers Is a Stunning Display of Hypocrisy
If the program is so good, shouldn't government workers be included, too?
Hillary Clinton Just Turned the Democratic Party Into the Party of the $15 an Hour Minimum Wage
The Democratic frontrunner proves she's willing to take a dangerous, irresponsible gamble with the economy.
Ted Cruz Takes a Stand Against Operation Choke Point
"The Obama administration initiated Operation Choke Point to punish law-abiding small businesses that don't align with the president's political leanings," says Cruz.
