Economics
UPDATED! Meet Chuck Schumer, One of the Most Trivial Pols Ever. And Your Next Senate Minority Leader
A partial listing of some of the things that the New York senator has tried to ban over the years.
1 in 20 U.K. Students Has Engaged in Sex Work
While money was one motivating factor, students also cited flexible scheduling and personal enjoyment as reasons for choosing sex work.
How a Former Drug Czar Debates on Twitter
John Walters praised Chris Christie's comments about tax dollars from legal pot sales being "blood money." Then things got...interesting.
Breaking: "The Gist" of Rand Paul's Controversial Defense Budget Amendment 940
More than ever, we need a strong voice to argue that $600 billion is more than enough to secure the safety and security of U.S. citizens and interests.
An Alternative History of The Nation
The lost libertarian leanings of a long-lived left-wing magazine
Threat of Grexit Looms as Things Heat Up (Again) in Europe
Greece is promising once again to come up with a list of reforms.
Unions Pressure UN Women to Drop Uber Partnership Meant to Create Jobs for Women
UN Women partnered with Uber to create 1 million jobs just two weeks ago.
The Conservatarian Manifesto: Should Libertarians and Conservatives Unite?
Q&A with National Review's Charles C. W. Cooke.
Does Camille Paglia Have Any Hope for Our Modern Society?
The Cultural Critic Discusses Sexuality, Race, Gender, Feminism, and Hillary Clinton
New York Creates Massive Cigarette Black Market, Wants Virginia to Fix It
Because lowering taxes to reduce the incentive for smuggling is out of the question
Arguments for Military Sequestration for Conservatives
Arguments strong enough for a conservative, but made for everyone.
California Officials in the Dark About Black Markets
State needs regulatory reform, not armies of new inspectors
Water in California: Too Scarce, or Just Underpriced?
When it comes to rationing, give markets a chance.
A Win for School Choice: Charters Are Coming to Alabama
The State Will Be the 44th to Allow Charters
Here Comes Ethereum, an Information Technology Dreamed Up By a Wunderkind 19-Year-Old That Could One Day Transform Law, Finance, and Civil Society
Can Ethereum help eliminate corruption and bureaucracy in the developing world?
The GOP's Budgetary Shenanigans Discourage Necessary Pentagon Reform
The Department of Defense will continue to avoid hard choices if the war hawks prevail and gut spending caps.
Matt Welch: 'Every single GOP strategist under the age of 40' Might Be Unacceptably Libertarian
What the Liz Mair firing tells us about Scott Walker, GOP politics, and libertarianism
AirBnb Fights Crummy Laws and Crummy Attitudes
Why can't our politics and culture handle expedited exchanges of services and goods for money?
Guantanamo Detainee Becomes Best-Selling Author, Condemns Torture from Prison Cell
Mohamedou Slahi is still incarcerated even though a federal judge ordered his release in 2010.
The Squeal of the War Hogs
Why do Lindsey Graham and John McCain think half a trillion dollars is not enough to defend the country?
Reform Conservatism: Just Another Name For Big Government Activism?
The movement's vision raises troubling questions that NRO's Ramesh Ponnuru wants to avoid
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the Rubio-Lee Tax Reform Proposal
It's a hodge-podge of pro-growth and budget-busting populist measures
Shikha Dalmia on the Rubio-Lee Tax Reform Plan
It's conservative social engineering atop pro-growth reforms
Sports Stadiums Are Bad Public Investments. So Why Are Cities Still Paying for Them?
Joel Kotkin dispels some of the popular myths of stadium projects.
Bill De Blasio's Affordable Housing Shakedown
The latest economic nonsense from the mayor of New York City.
Surprise: Cops Write More Tickets When Their Employers Get a Big Cut of the Cash
When it pays to crack down on Mickey Mouse offenses
Rubio-Lee's Problematic Tax Plan and the Coming Reformocon Class Warfare
A response to NRO's Ramesh Ponnuru
Mistaking Peak Prices for "Peak Everything"
Economic Super-cycles and Falling Commodity Prices
Unions Thwarting Attempted Rescue of California Hospital Serving the Poor
Costly contract provisions from the state attorney general are making it more difficult for a hospital to be sold, and saved.
The United States of Corporate Welfare
Which company got the most targeted tax breaks, subsidies, and grants in the state where you live?
