Economics

Policy

Eminent Domain Fails Again: Pathetic 'Community Benefits' From Brooklyn Nets Arena

Damon Root | 3.24.2014 9:44 AM

Economics

The 3D Economy

Forget guns, what happens when everyone prints their own shoes?

Greg Beato | 3.24.2014 9:30 AM

Politics

Study: Upper Class Entitlement Helps Upper Class Most

Matt Welch | 3.24.2014 7:29 AM

Policy

Obama's Overtime Gambit

For politicians, meddling in markets means never having to say you're sorry.

Steve Chapman | 3.24.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Independents Rerun Open Thread for "Environmentally Challenged" Episode Featuring Bill Nye the (Off-Puttingly Argumentative) Science Guy & More!

Matt Welch | 3.23.2014 6:01 PM

Politics

In Defense of Millennials and Individualism

Forget Justin Bieber. Don't Hate on "Generation Selfie"

Nick Gillespie | 3.23.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: "Environmentally Challenged," Starring Bill Nye the Science Guy, Ron Bailey, Bjorn Lomborg, John Tierney, and More! (Bumped)

Matt Welch | 3.21.2014 8:02 PM

Politics

General Motors' Bailout Still Screwing Over Americans

Shikha Dalmia | 3.21.2014 9:03 AM

Policy

The United States of Cigarette Smuggling

Peter Suderman | 3.20.2014 3:28 PM

Policy

Heavy Metal Capitalist: Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson Invests in 'World's Biggest Aircraft'

Damon Root | 3.20.2014 3:01 PM

Politics

Obama Announces More Sanctions Against Russia

Matthew Feeney | 3.20.2014 11:58 AM

Politics

"The Government Is a Hitman: Uber, Tesla, and Airbnb Are in Its Crosshairs"

Nick Gillespie | 3.20.2014 11:23 AM

Policy

Diplomas vs. Dirty Jobs

TV host Mike Rowe on the educational bias against unglamorous, good-paying work

Nick Gillespie | 3.20.2014 9:00 AM

Policy

Los Angeles Cannot Find Funds in Its $7-Plus Billion Budget to Care for Roads

Scott Shackford | 3.19.2014 6:50 PM

Economics

Michelangelo's David Used to Sell Amyl Nitrite Poppers, Underwear, Jeans? OK. Guns? No Way!

Nick Gillespie | 3.18.2014 8:19 PM

Policy

Regulating Our Way to Prosperity

According to government math, issuing new rules is the same as minting money.

Roger Meiners | 3.18.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

New York and California Suck For Taxpayers, and For Freedom

J.D. Tuccille | 3.18.2014 12:48 PM

Politics

In Defense of "Generation Selfie": Nick Gillespie at The Daily Beast

Nick Gillespie | 3.18.2014 8:38 AM

Politics

Obama's Corporate Bully Pulpit

Should the White House announce an American version of royal warrants?

Ira Stoll | 3.17.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

David Cameron Outlines Proposed Changes to UK-EU Relationship

Matthew Feeney | 3.17.2014 4:25 PM

Politics

Vid: How to Keep 30 People From Dying Everyday: Q&A with The Kidney Sellers' Sigrid Fry-Revere

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 3.17.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

EU, US Impose Sanctions, Asset Freezes, Travel Bans in Wake of Crimea Referendum

Matthew Feeney | 3.17.2014 11:30 AM

Politics

The Worst St. Patrick's Day Article You'll Read All Year: How Paul Ryan is Like Genocidal Englishmen

Nick Gillespie | 3.17.2014 10:06 AM

Politics

Obama: Wrong About Income Inequality

The problem is joblessness, not rich people

Ronald Bailey | 3.17.2014 9:30 AM

Economics

Lawmakers from Hawaii, Alaska Put Pressure on Feds to Reconsider Jones Act

Zach Weissmueller and Alexis Garcia | 3.16.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

Forced to Unionize: Is this Cesar Chavez's Legacy?

Zach Weissmueller | 3.15.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Why Economists Overestimate Future Growth Just Like Politicians Do.

Nick Gillespie | 3.15.2014 9:22 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: What's the Matter With Libertarians? (Bumped)

Matt Welch | 3.14.2014 8:01 PM

Politics

Dear Sacramento: Tossing Away $500 Million Is Why Your State Is Screwed

Bureaucrats can't get act together enough to recover huge sums in overpaid unemployment benefits.

Scott Shackford | 3.14.2014 4:48 PM

Economics

15 Facts About the Underground Sex Economy in America

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.14.2014 3:40 PM

Politics

After Deporting Record Number of Immigrants, Obama Rethinking Policy About Deporting Record Number of Immigrants.

Nick Gillespie | 3.14.2014 1:31 PM

Politics

Tony Benn: a Socialist I Liked

Matthew Feeney | 3.14.2014 11:05 AM

Politics

Mourning in America

So much for Obama's dreams of being a Democratic Ronald Reagan

Matt Welch | 3.14.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

Friday A/V Club: That Time Thomas the Tank Engine Was a Scab

The most right-wing project any Beatle was ever involved with

Jesse Walker | 3.14.2014 10:29 AM

Ron Paul

Ron Paul on the CIA & Ukraine; Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo on Cutting Government, Plus Two Minutes Hate!

Matt Welch | 3.13.2014 4:03 PM

Economics

Bitcoin Draws Interest From Google, Wikipedia, Zillow Leaders

Alyssa Hertig | 3.13.2014 2:30 PM

Politics

Obama Wants More Americans to Qualify for Overtime – Would His Plan Actually Work?

Will increasing the threshold to exempt supervisors from overtime give workers more pay or force more business cutbacks?

Scott Shackford | 3.13.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

Cities Funding Newspapers? What Could Possibly Go Wrong!

Matt Welch | 3.13.2014 1:19 PM

Economics

Shocker: Rich People Aren't Fundamentally More Evil Than the Poor

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.13.2014 10:20 AM

Policy

More Incoming College Students Are Looking at Price Tags

Cost is becoming an increasingly important factor when teenagers pick colleges.

Scott Shackford | 3.12.2014 5:30 PM

Politics

Video: Can Muslims be Free Marketeers?

Nick Gillespie and Amanda Winkler | 3.12.2014 3:06 PM

Politics

Watch Rep. Jared Polis Subject Cash to the Bitcoin-Regulation Test

Matt Welch | 3.12.2014 1:40 PM

Politics

Did Libertarian Lucas Overby Throw Florida Special Election to Republican Jolly?

Nick Gillespie | 3.12.2014 10:10 AM

Politics

DC Reasonoids: Booze, Books, and The Lost Sisterhood with Anne Fortier, 3/12

Nick Gillespie | 3.11.2014 4:26 PM