Free Markets Are Moral, Not the 'Lesser of Two Evils'
A system that lets us make our own decisions about our own lives is more moral than one that transfers them to powerful strangers.
Economics
Cindy Yang Says Democrats Are Playing Politics With Request for FBI to Investigate Her
Plus: An Ohio city just abolished its entire vice policing unit, and unfunded liabilities in public pension plans are now more than $5.96 trillion.
RIP Economist Alan Krueger, Whose Work Spurred Calls for Occupational Licensing Reform
Krueger's work included highlighting the breadth of licensing in American labor markers, and the economic costs of mandatory government permission slips.
Trump's New Budget Uses More Realistic Assumptions Than His Predecessors' Did
Trump's budget projects 10 straight years of 3 percent growth. If this forecast fails to materialize, it will make the budget deficits worse than projected.
The 4 Contradictions of Beto O'Rourke
He's a free trader against dumping, a deficit hawk for Medicare expansion, and an anti-drug warrior who wants to imprison pharma execs.
Remy: Affluenflammation (Red Hot Chili Peppers Parody)
When quality of life improved, doctors discovered a new affliction.
Beto O'Rourke, 2012: 'We Cannot Continue to Spend Ourselves into Ruin'
The 2020 presidential candidate ran on spending cuts, troop withdrawls, and means-testing Social Security while primarying an incumbent Democrat 7 years ago.
Public Universities Are Paying NCAA Tournament Head Coaches $96 Million a Year
Here's how much each coach earns.
Trump's Trade War Was Supposed to Protect American Tech Companies. Instead It's Hurting Them.
"Bilateral tariffs result in lower GDP, employment, investment, and trade for the U.S.," a new report concludes.
The Case Against the Case for Federal Land Management
A new book throws red meat to "public land advocates," but its arguments leave a lot to be desired.
Scalia v. Epstein - 35 Years Later
Revisiting their debate on judicial protection of economic liberty.
Quit Worrying and Learn To Love Trade With China
Fretting over deficits and intellectual property will do no good and much harm.
Trump's Budget Effectively Guarantees Trillion-Dollar Deficits Until 2030
Once you get past the rosy economic expectations, it's clear that Trump's budget is not a serious effort at fiscal restraint.
Americans Are Still Confused About What Socialism Actually Is
Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin used the motto, "Land to the peasants, peace to the nations, bread to the starving." Sounds good, right?
Uber Pays Drivers $20 Million to Settle Contractor Dispute
The drivers argued they should be classified as employees, not contractors.
Facebook Had Every Right to Reject Elizabeth Warren's Crappy Ad
Nobody in the media should be supporting an elected official trying to control what speech online platforms allow.
Trump's Budget Would Add $7.9 Trillion to the National Debt Over the Next Decade
And the real outcome is likely to be worse, since the budget relies on overly rosy assumptions about future economic growth.
Does Prosperity Trigger Calls for Socialism?
In good economic times, heightened inequality means that class tensions are heightened, as soaring visible wealth stokes envy and resentment.
Large Majority of Millennials and Gen Z Support Private Health Insurance While Nearly Half Say They Want Socialism: Reason Roundup
Plus: Klobuchar thinks government should profit when Big Tech sells your data, and the FDA drops a ban on genetically modified salmon.
Rent Control Cannot Escape the Law of Supply and Demand
Oregon's new rent control law won't deliver on its promises.
America's Trade Deficit Hit a New Record High at the End of 2018
That's just fine, unless you happen to be a president who promised to reduce it.
The Market Says Climate Change Is Happening
When money is on the line, it is hard to find parties willing to bet against the scientific consensus on climate change.
Trump's Tariffs Cost the U.S. Economy $1.4 Billion Every Month
New study shows U.S. consumers pay every dollar of the tariffs, which have also damaged supply chains and the availability of goods.
'Everyone' Here Is a Socialist Except Most Americans: Reason Roundup
Plus: Amash 2020?...Huwei to sue the U.S. government...and who needs Russian bots when you've got TV reporters?
Can a Self-Described 'Capitalist' Win the 2020 Democratic Primary?
Beto O'Rourke-who won't call himself a "progressive," let alone a "democratic socialist"-is expected to jump into the presidential race.
When Experience Is a Liability
In some states, a marijuana conviction can exclude you from the newly legal industry.
With Key Deadline Friday, Is the Trade War With China About to End?
Any deal will be better than the current mess, which is largely of Trump's own making.
This Is the World From Which Trump Emerged
A&E's Trump Dynasty explores the president's family and business history but doesn't do justice to the corrupt New York culture surrounding it.
Learning the Lessons of Protectionism the Hard Way
Trump's tariffs keep harming American businesses and consumers.
What Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis: Market Distortions or Market Failure? A Debate
Former BB&T Bank CEO John Allison vs. Moody's Mark Zandi
Stossel: Sugar's Sweetheart Deal
Sugar subsidies are welfare for the rich. They cost consumers billions a year.
Minimum Wage Boosts Are Great—For Robots
Making low-skill workers more expensive means getting them replaced by automation.
Will New York's Recreational Marijuana Policies Be as Dumb as California's?
Gov. Cuomo throws his support behind a ban on home cultivation, possibly on behalf of already entrenched pot groups.
Forget Paying for Medicare for All—We Can't Pay for the Medicare We Have
A new report predicts Medicare spending will rise faster than private health care spending.
As Domestic Policy and as Foreign Policy, Trump's Automobile Tariffs Would Be a Disaster
Trump could destroy American jobs and America's relationship with Germany at the same time.
Bernie Already Won. So Why Run Again?
The Vermont independent has yanked Democrats so far to the left that his competitors are becoming mini-mes.
Trump's Tariffs May Classify Imported Cars as National Security Risks
American cars with foreign parts will suffer too.
Elizabeth Warren's Fake Wonkery
All too often, the Massachusetts senator and 2020 hopeful gets key details wrong.
Bernie Sanders's 2020 Presidential Agenda Is a Giant Progressive Wishlist
Medicare for All, free college, breaking up the banks, a $15 minimum wage-the Vermont socialist wants to do it all.
California Doesn't Need More Marijuana Regulation; It Needs Less
Governor Newsom wants to fight the black market. That's how we got the drug war in the first place.
The Invalidation of the PROMESA Appointments
A few thoughts on the First Circuit's separation of powers ruling on the Puerto Rico bankruptcy board
Report from 'Alienated America': Podcast
For his new book, Timothy Carney toured parts of the country that are working and parts that are not. What he found is deeply disturbing.
Trump Says He 'Didn't Need to' Declare a National Emergency to Build His Border Wall
"But I wanted to do it faster."
Trump Plans To Sign Border Deal and Declare National Emergency. Here's What That Could Mean.
Trump won't rely on Congress to fund his 200 miles of border wall.
California's Bullet Train Project Doesn't Deserve Your Moist-Eyed Love Letters
A corrupt boondoggle that broke the bank for subsidized middle-class trips would not have been the flagship for a greener America.
New Bipartisan Spending Deal Includes Billions More for Border Barriers, TSA, and Everything In Between
With the federal government $22 trillion in debt, Congress has decided to spend more money.
Was Philadelphia's Soda Tax the Result of a Union-Versus-Union Political Fight?
Indicted union boss John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty ordered the soda tax passed to hurt the city's Teamsters union, federal prosecutors say.
