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.
Economics
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
Baltimore's Long History of Failed Development and Urban Renewal
Police abuse might have lit the fuse, but decades of awful top-down planning helped create the explosion.
When Liberalism Finally Collides With Reality
A rebellion is brewing in liberal Brookline, Massachusetts over raising property taxes.
Is Giving Money Directly to the Poor a Good Idea?
GiveDirectly co-founder on the value of charitable cash transfers.
U.S. Capitalism Isn't a 'Free Market'
Centuries of government intervention have distorted society and the economy considerably, and it will take time and patience to fix.
Minimum Wage Hikes and Restaurants: Who Gains? Who Loses?
Los Angeles and Seattle institute or contemplate big minimum wage hikes, and the furor over how restaurants will be affected continues.
Ronald Bailey Reports that Libertarians Are the WEIRDest People in the World
And that's something to be happy about.
Watch a Special Stossel Tonight at 9 p.m. ET* on Campaign 2016, Featuring Matt Welch!
The 'stache of freedom will interview Gary Johnson and talk with Reason's EIC about Rand Paul, Hillary Clinton, and Jeb Bush
For Hillary Clinton, No War but the Class War
The Democrats' only announced candidate so far is tacking hard left on economic rhetoric.
Libertarians Are the WEIRDest People in the World
Liberals are WEIRD too, but conservatives are not.
Supreme Court Grills Government Lawyer Over USDA 'Central Planning' in Raisin Confiscation Case
SCOTUS heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Horne v. USDA.
Earth Day Overload: Gov. Jerry's Brown Apocalyptic "Warning to Humanity"
Hit the snooze bar on environmentalist alarmism. Virtually everything is getting better when it comes to the state of the planet.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Pact: Yes, No, and Maybe
The maddening third-best quality of secret international trade pacts for free trade lovers
Today at SCOTUS: Property Rights vs. USDA Crop Seizures
The federal government seeks to confiscate raisins without paying just compensation to raisin farmers.
Lopsided Bureaucratic Rationing Won't Cure California's Water Crisis
What's needed is market pricing
How Libertarians Are Changing Conservative Views on Economic Liberty and the Constitution
The Cornell Law Review says libertarians are reshaping the conservative legal movement.
Liberals Greet Apple Watch With Fresh Assault on Company
According to the left, Apple "didn't build that." Big government did.
Will Minimum Wage Protesters Order Fries From Their Burger-Flipping Robot Replacements?
Pricing yourself out of the market is not so smart
Overstock.com Announces Plans to Integrate Bitcoin Into Its Business Operations
Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne is working to encourage broad consumer adoption of Bitcoin.
The Destruction of Penn Station Led to the Landmarks Preservation Movement. But Was the Old Structure Worth Saving After All?
On the 50th anniversary of the Landmarks Preservation Act, a re-evaluation of the mythic demise of an iconic train station.
Mike Huckabee Attacks Chris Christie Over Social Security and Medicare
Opposes raising the eligibility age or means-testing the programs
Why Are the Democrats So Old and Tired?
2016 field so far looks like an AARP convention, minus the Viagra
The Big Coffee Table Book of Doom!
Neo-Malthusians again predict doom to celebrate Earth Day 45
The Rise and Fall of Cybernetic Communism
The Soviets, the cyberneticists, and the SNAFU Principle
How New York City's Landmarks Preservation Act Bulldozed the Future
The 50th anniversary of the Landmarks Act is an opportunity to mourn all the invisible buildings that will never exist because of a misguided law.
Tax Take Keeps Growing—But Good Luck Catching Up With Government Spending
The U.S. government has proven itself perfectly capable of outspending the healthiest revenue stream it has ever seen.
FATCA Victim, on Renouncing Citizenship: 'It was a gut wrenching experience that I do not think I will ever be over'
Heckuva job, Chuck Schumer et al
Court Lets Government Motors Keep its Liability Shield and Screw Over Crash Victims
The GM bailout is a gift that keeps on giving to the company.
