'Competitor's Veto' for Taxi Services Killed in Montana
New law also creates space for ride-sharing services.
Economics
Higher Cigarette Taxes = More People on Food Stamps?
A new study finds that poor smokers compensate for higher cigarette taxes by going on SNAP
Liberation of Medicine: Ronald Bailey's Lecture in Moscow
How technology is freeing both patients and physicians from the medical industrial complex
The Government's Ten Thousand Commandments Cost $1.88 Trillion Per Year
Regulations now cost your family nearly $15,000 annually.
I Was a Teenage 'Libertarian of Convenience'*
Half-assed, selfish opposition to regulation is actually a good start.
Scott Walker's Olympic Quality Immigration Flip Flop
How the right-wing pundits paved the way for Walker's labor protectionism
Shikha Dalmia on Scott Walker's Reactionary Turn on Immigration
Even labor unions have abandoned the labor protectionism that he has embraced
Barack Obama vs. Elizabeth Warren on Trade
An economic clash emerges between two liberal titans.
Cuomo Reads Times Nail Salon Series, Starts Writing Lame New Regulations Posthaste
Reactionary policy tends to be bad policy.
VID: Meet the Man Building Elon Musk's 760MPH Hyperloop
Can he really build a supersonic tube transport system, which could go from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes?
What The New York Times Gets Wrong About Cheap Nail Salons
Even if Asian nail salons are as exploitative and toxic as the Times says, the answer isn't more government oversight.
14 Americans Per Day Are Now Renouncing Their Citizenship
Passport-burning sets yet another new record, thanks to terrible tax law that the GOP-led Congress should repeal
Good News! Ben Carson Is Campaigning Against the Debt. Bad News? Well….
Outsider could wage a Ross Perot-style crusade against the national debt, if only his tongue would get out of the way
By Feeding Bogus GMO Fears, Chipotle Treats Customers Like Idiots
The food chain tries to profit from anti-biotech propaganda
Challenging Affirmative Action and Gerrymandering: AEI's Edward Blum
Pending court cases pertaining to race-based legislation.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Transhumanism and the Singularity…
...but were afraid to ask. Q&A with R.U. Sirius & Jay Cornell, authors of Transcendence: The Disinformation Encyclopedia of Transhumanism & the Singularity.
Scott Walker: The Labor Protectionist
After supporting legalization for undocumented aliens, he now opposes even legal immigration
Mike Huckabee Officially Enters the Presidential Race
His speech stresses economic issues, but he also makes it clear that he's a socially conservative hawk.
Two Signs That Health Premiums May Be Set for Big Hikes Under Obamacare
In Oregon, double-digit price hikes are already on the way.
Warren Buffett's Lame Attack on Whole Foods
Buffett's economic views don't always match reality.
Free Speech Under Fire; Two Gunmen Killed at Texas "Draw Mohammed" Contest
Free speech is never a justification for violence - or submitting to the thug's veto.
The NFL Gives Up Tax Exempt Status. Can We Stop Paying for Stadiums Too?
Top 5 NFL Hits to Taxpayers
IRS Steals $107,000 From Convenience Store Owner, Violating Its Own 'Structuring' Policy
The deposits were too small, so the government cleaned out his bank account.
Open the Borders—to Trade and to People!
When it come to immigration and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Republicans and Democrats sound more like South Park rednecks than statesmen.
19% of Americans Self-Identify as Libertarians, New Reuters Poll Finds
One-third of Millennials, but only one-eighth of oldsters, embrace the term
Scandinavia is a Collectivist Paradise? Not So Much.
A touch too much in the way of conformity, high taxes, and "benign totalitarianism"
$15 Minimum-Wage Movement Highlights Difference Between Progressives and Radicals
Power to the individual, not to the state!
So Why Exactly Does Baltimore Own a Money-Losing Hilton?
Current and former politicians prefer cutting real estate deals to doing the less sexy work of basic civic governance
Celebrate Internet Independence Day, April 30, with "Tech Elders" J.P. Barlow, Mark Cuban, & More
With the FCC muscling in, it's more important than ever to remember that cyberspace got great when the government got out.
The Ultimate Baltimore/Baseball Symbolism: Millionaires to Play in Empty, Taxpayer Financed Stadium
Camden Yards, long a symbol of downtown-development delusion, stretches a metaphor to the breaking point
Government Doesn't Create Jobs
The real key to job creation is leaving people free to explore, innovate and profit.
Nepal's Earthquake: How Not to Rebuild a Nation
In an environment of poverty and corruption, rigorous building codes do more harm than good
