Regulations Make Americans $4 Trillion Poorer
Too many rules are putting a major drag on economic growth.
Economics
Friday A/V Club: What We Left at the World's Fair
John Crowley and Jason Robards look back at a festival of social planning.
'We Hillbillies Have Got to Wake the Hell Up': Review of Hillbilly Elegy
A family chronicle of the crackup of poor working-class white Americans.
Hillary Clinton's Free College Promise Won't Be Free—and Won't Help College Students
Political concession to the Sanders crowd that you'll pay $35 billion for
The Craziest Libertarian Donald Trump Debate You'll Ever See
Watch Nick Gillespie, Jeffrey Tucker, and Matt Welch get booed and heckled for criticizing Trump at FreedomFest
Neither Clinton Nor Trump Would Reduce the National Debt
Clinton's policies would increase the debt less-but would still leave the budget on an unsustainable path.
Donald Trump Supports a $10 Minimum Wage—Or Does He?
Trump contradicts himself three times while answering a simple question-then offers another contradiction to clarify.
Republicans Have Become the Party of No Ideas—and Democrats Have Become the Party of Bad Ideas
Elizabeth Warren's DNC speech was a vision of government unbounded by cost or consequences.
China's Rare Earth Minerals Mercantilism Totally Fails: I Told You So Six Years Ago
Wall Street Journal has nice op-ed on China's rare earth bust.
To Speed Economic Recovery, Release the Brakes
Government gets in the way of healthy economic activity.
Cotton, Coercion, and Capitalism
A sweeping history aims to change the way we think about the origins of capitalism.
Countries That Transitioned Rapidly From Communism to Capitalism Fare Better
Former Soviet bloc countries that transitioned slowly now lag behind.
Good News: Global Energy Intensity Continues to Decline
Energy demand projected to increase by nearly 50 percent by 2040
Disaster Déjà Vu in Venezuela
Planning a recovery is tough in a country where an awful lot of guys with guns aren't ready to admit that socialism has failed again.
$15 Minimum Wage Could Kill Up to 5 Million Jobs
Forward comrades to the unemployment lines and soup kitchens!
Starved by Socialist Policies, Venezuelans Urged to Take Up Urban Farming
The Ministry of Urban Agriculture promotes home and community gardening in hunger-wrecked Venezuelan cities.
Happy 4th: These Vintage Ads for Capitalism Will Make You Proud to Be an American
Enjoy some pro-market propaganda from the 1950s
Socialist Venezuela Facing Food Shortages 'Despite' Central Planning, Food Rights
Self-induced catastrophe
Ronald Bailey and Robin Hanson Talk Robot Overlords at Cato: Video
Hanson presents his new book, The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth. I discuss.
Illegal Dealers Owe Thanks to Washington State's Marijuana Regulators
The state's doomed scheme for a centrally planned market in pot creates a breeding ground for a completely unplanned and illegal market in the stuff.
How Privatization and Competition Freed the Web and Made the Modern World Possible
The historical importance of the National Science Foundation's decision to surrender control of the internet
Are Members of Congress Too Rich?
For the first time, most members in the U.S. Congress are millionaires.
China's Other Cultural Revolution
Black markets, books, music, and sex in Mao's Middle Kingdom
Minimum Wage vs. the Carwasheros
New York's new $15 wage floor pits man against machine.
Billions of Artificial Robot Brains Take Over the World: New at Reason
A review of The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life When Robots Rule the Earth
Artificial Robot Brains Take Over the World
A review of The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life When Robots Rule the Earth
Workers Don't Need Government's Help to Earn Higher Wages
Compensation is actually very closely tied to productivity.
Wake Up, Trump-Hugging Peaceniks: Trump's Tony Soprano Trade Policy Means More War
Being against NATO doesn't mean he's for peace.
After Winning Regulatory Battle Against Ride-Sharing Firms, Austin Turns to Black Market and Deregulation
The mess left in the wake of a battle with Uber and Lyft has city residents using illegal drivers to get around and officials considering dropping many rules
6 Reasons Libertarian Party Delegates Are Wary of William Weld
And 2 reasons why he may yet win the VP nomination of a party that lustily boos its own likely presidential pick
Friday A/V Club: G.I. Joe's Guide to Monetary Policy
If you want to learn economics from a TV cartoon, you're better off watching South Park.
Entrepreneurial Spirit Has Abandoned Non-Urban America: Bug or Feature?
Imagine what will happen to flyover country under even more wage regulations.
Slow Economic Growth: It's the Regulations, Stupid!
Regulations multiply at record rates while productivity slows downs - coincidence?
Can a Bot Run a Company?
The DAO is an ambitious project that's already amassed an incredible amount of funding. A lot could go wrong, but it could be revolutionary if it goes right.
Capitalism, Not Socialism, Led to Gay Rights
What system better allows people the freedom to live how they choose?
Meet the Libertarians!
While #NeverTrumpers flail, America's third party readies an unprecedentedly newsworthy 50-state run
Europe's Proto-Trumpism, Venezuela's Useful Idiots, and Kmele Foster's L.P. Ambivalence
The Fifth Column discusses whataboutism, third-party challenges, J.K. Rowling's defense of Trump's free speech, and more
Why Obama's New Overtime Regs Will Hurt More Than They Help
Get ready for fewer hours, fewer jobs, and more moonlighting. When labor costs increase, employers buy less of it.
Yes, the World is Getting Better. Here's Why.
Reason TV set out to cheer up Venice Beach doomsayers with evidence of positive global trends.
Yes, the World is Getting Better. Here's Why.
Reason TV set out to cheer up Venice Beach doomsayers with evidence of positive global trends.
Is the $15 Minimum Wage Coming to Cleveland?
The city is considering a bill backed by a union PAC.
Lessons in Wendy's New Push for Self-Service Kiosks
Market pressures were already making wages more competitive.
