Stossel: Why Some Capitalists Are the Worst Enemies of Capitalism
Amazon lobbies for government favors and bad regulations.
Economics
The National Debt Is Coming Due, Just Like We Told You
By 2020, interest on the debt will cost more than Medicaid. By 2025, it will cost more than defense spending. And that's just the start.
We Are So Unprepared for the Coming Budgepocalypse: Podcast
You have come to the right place for CBO death porn.
Trump Still Determined to Slap New Tariffs on Auto Imports
White House advisors are worried that "he could get impatient one day and force their hand like he did with the steel and aluminum tariffs."
Department of Veterans Affairs
The VA's Gross Mismanagement Does Nothing to Honor Vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs is honoring veterans of Veterans Day while simultaneously screwing them over again and again.
Divided Government Means More Fiscal Discipline
In the next two years, Congress will probably do next to nothing. That's a good thing.
Scott Walker's Foxconn Boondoggle Is Now Subsidizing Imported Chinese Workers
Looks like Scott Walker got Foxconned
Natural Disasters Are Destroying a Lower Percentage of Humanity's Stuff Since 1990
Absolute losses increased, but the proportion of losses relative to global GDP has dropped
The Next Big Fight Over Organized Labor May Already Be Here
Striking down exclusive representation would allow labor organizers to give the boot to free-riding employees.
Elizabeth Warren Challenges Trump's Protectionist Tariffs for Not Being Protectionist Enough
Warren is criticizing a fundamentally unfair process, but only because she wants the outcomes to be slightly different.
Spooky! Tariffs Hike Prices for Costumes, Candy, Cider, and Other Halloween Favorites
The specter of mercantilism rises from the dead!
Voters in Two Deeply Conservative States Look Set to Approve Minimum Wage Increases Next Week. That's a Bad Idea.
Minimum wage ballot initiatives are often good politics, never good policy.
Trump's Tariffs Aren't Even Helping Steelmakers
Nucor's stock price is down 16 percent since August. Executives say the fourth quarter will be even worse.
A National Debt 6 Times the Size of the Economy? That's Where America is Heading.
At this rate we'll get there before the end of the century.
Los Angeles Owes Billions in Pension Debts. Now It's Asking Citizens for Permission to Run a Bank.
What could possibly go wrong?
'Do the Rich Capture All the Gains from Economic Growth?' No, He Explains Convincingly.
Economist Russ Roberts provides a strong argument that individual economic mobility is the rule and not the exception.
Socialism vs. Capitalism: Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara and Economist Gene Epstein Debate
Which economic system is most effective at bringing freedom to the masses?
Do Trump's Tariffs Actually Exist? Donald Trump Debates Donald Trump.
Trump suggests the tariffs are a fiction invented by CEOs, using the president as a scapegoat. But maybe he has a point?
Tyler Cowen's Stubborn Attachments To Freedom and Prosperity: Podcast
The prolific George Mason University economist outlines his unabashedly libertarian argument for a government that does less and individuals who do more.
Trump's Trade War Means American Companies Are Making Less Money on Cars and Trucks
Ford expects to lose $1 billion due to higher steel prices, while Caterpillar's stock dropped sharply this week after it said tariffs cost it $40 million.
FDIC Attempts to Pressure Banks into Denying Services to Payday Lenders Violates Due Process Rights, Lenders Argue
Lawsuit wants to curb actions like "Operation Choke Point' in which bank regulators discourage banks from servicing certain customers, including gun and ammo dealers.
Stossel: Sweden Is Not a Socialist Success
Many people think Sweden is socialist, but its success comes from free markets.
No Matter Who Takes Home a Record Lottery Prize, the Government Always Wins
The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an astounding $1.6 billion. You and I probably won't win, but the government definitely will.
Trump's Thinking on Trade War? 'He Wants Them to Suffer More.'
But who, exactly, will be suffering?
Can Laundry and Lettuce Save Cleveland?
A worker-owned co-op that even a capitalist could love is washing linens for the Cleveland Clinic and growing vegetables for the city.
Turns Out the Internet Has Something to Say About Teen Vogue Trying to End Capitalism
Will ending capitalism also end global poverty? The for-profit magazine seems to think so.
Last Column From Khashoggi Warns About State-Spread Fake News. Americans Should Take Note: Reason Roundup
Plus: Rep. Amash moves to limit weapons sales to Saudis while evangelical leaders defend them.
When the Bubble Bursts, We're So Screwed
All we have to show for 9 years of economic expansion is record amounts of debt, and all long-term fiscal problems ignored.
The Winningest Losers in Trump's Trade War
The president's agenda hurts American consumers and businesses.
'We've Never Had Deficits Like This During Peace and Prosperity Before'
Brian Riedl has a plan to stabilize the national debt at 95 percent of GDP. He says trying it might be political suicide, but the alternative is much worse.
It's Official: 2018 Federal Deficit Largest Since 2012
The federal government spent $790 billion more than it taxed during fiscal year 2018. The deficit is about to get worse. Much worse.
Sears Finally Entered Bankruptcy. The Struggle to Save It Was a Noble One.
Sometimes a bankruptcy isn't evidence of some hedge fund manager's hubris or humiliation, but merely a reminder that risk is part of capitalism.
The Messy Unintended Consequences of Trump's Trade War
It's like trying to plunge lasagna out of your kitchen sink.
Most Libertarians Don't Understand Friedrich Hayek, Says Peter Boettke: Podcast
In a bold new book about Hayek, the George Mason economist says "too much time and effort has been put into repackaging and marketing a fixed doctrine of eternal truths."
Pew Map Shows One Reason a National $15 Minimum Wage Won't Work
The value of $15 varies greatly across the country and even within the same states.
State AGs in Michael's Path Agree to Stop the Flow of Needed Goods
Price gouging is not the evil many officials make it out to be.
How Big of a Deal Is an Extra Half Degree of Global Warming?
New report declares world must be off fossil fuels entirely by 2050.
The $15 Minimum Wage Is Turning Hard Workers Into Black Market Lawbreakers
An in-depth look at New York's car wash industry, and the real world consequences of politicians interfering with a complex industry they don't understand.
Think Your State Is Fiscally Sound? Think Again
It's time to find out how deep in the red our country is.
Does Capitalism or Socialism Make People More Free? Reason/Soho Forum Debate 10/15 in NYC
Gene Epstein of Barron's and Bhaskar Sunkhara of Jacobin will debate whether "socialism is more effective than capitalism in bringing freedom to the masses."
Unlimited Growth and Climate Change Economists Win Nobel Prize
Paul Romer overturns limits-to-growth nonsense, and William Nordhaus projects climate change damages.
Tariffs Won't Bring Toymaking Jobs to the U.S., but They Might Kill Toymaking Jobs Already Here
Tariffs on aluminum, silicone, and dyes are already causing pain for toymakers, and the prospect of additional tariffs is anything but fun and games.
Health Insurance Deductibles Up 212 Percent Since 2008: Reason Roundup
Plus: Kavanaugh confirmation is official and child care tax credits backfire.
Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Programs Are Useless. A Juvie Teacher's Story Shows Why.
"We consistently allow the government to develop…programs like this that sound really great on paper but have no practical benefit," Keith Bradford says.
