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Public Choice

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Podcasts

Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Bootleggers, Baptists, and Ballots

"You need an argument for why this is good for society. That's important, but you also need money."

Eric Boehm | 8.24.2023 1:00 PM

Regulation

Public Opinion about Regulation

Is the publc getting what it wants from the administrative state?

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.25.2023 11:51 AM

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Pentagon

The $1.7 Trillion F-35 Fighter Jet Program Is About To Get More Expensive

GAO: Congress has been buying planes that lack crucial parts and haven't undergone full testing, so costly upgrades will eventually be needed.

Eric Boehm | 4.26.2022 1:15 PM

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Corporate Power

Elon Musk and Other Billionaire Welfare Cases

And what taxpayers can do to stop it.

Nick Gillespie | 3.10.2021 3:35 PM

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Ideas

Political Problems Are Policy Problems

The market's failure to produce an ideal outcome cannot alone justify activist policy, because governments can also fail to produce the ideal.

Steven Horwitz | 1.31.2021 6:00 AM

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Occupational Licensing

Arizona Governor Wants To Put the Public in Charge of Licensing Boards

Right now, most licensing boards require that the majority of members be from the same licensed profession. It's not difficult to see how that leads to anti-competitive rules.

Eric Boehm | 1.14.2020 10:15 AM

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Internet

Mark Zuckerberg Calls for Government Regulation of Political Speech on Facebook

He's got his reasons, but they all suck. And will accelerate Facebook's decline as a destination in cyberspace.

Nick Gillespie | 4.5.2019 5:35 PM

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Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg: 'I Believe We Need a More Active Role for Governments and Regulators'

Facebook and the end of the open Internet era

Nick Gillespie | 4.1.2019 11:10 AM

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AirBnb

After Cracking Down on Airbnb, New York City Comes After Traditional Hotels

New York City's new zoning ordinance would give the city an effective veto over proposed hotel projects in much of the city.

Christian Britschgi | 11.27.2018 6:05 PM

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Public Choice

Just How Much Did Nancy MacLean Get Wrong?

Despite being a finalist for the National Book Awards, Democracy in Chains is fatally flawed history.

Brian Doherty | 10.25.2017 9:10 AM

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James Buchanan

The Great James Buchanan Conspiracy

A controversial attack on a libertarian-leaning economist mangles the facts beyond recognition. But the book still has something to teach us.

Brian Doherty | 10.1.2017 12:00 PM

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Reason Podcast

Do Too Many Libertarians Celebrate a False 'Perfection of the Market'? [Podcast]

Michael Munger on the radicalism of public-choice economics, the failure of Democracy in Chains, and how the libertarian movement needs to evolve.

Nick Gillespie | 8.4.2017 2:00 PM

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Public Choice

What the Left Should Like about Public Choice

People are people whether they are acting in the marketplace or in the political arena.

Sheldon Richman | 7.30.2017 1:58 PM

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Public Choice

What Nancy MacLean Gets Wrong About James Buchanan

Democracy in Chains mangles the facts beyond recognition. But the book still has something to teach us.

Brian Doherty | 7.20.2017 9:00 PM

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Libertarian History/Philosophy

Is Libertarianism a 'Stealth Plan' To Destroy America?

Nancy MacLean's conspiracy tract Democracy in Chains grossly misrepresents limited-government philosophy and the work of Nobel laureate James M. Buchanan.

Nick Gillespie | 7.3.2017 8:30 AM

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Television

Friday A/V Club: Bureaucratic Comedy

In Memoriam: Antony Jay, co-creator of Yes, Minister

Jesse Walker | 8.26.2016 2:25 PM

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Politics

Mainstreaming Liberty

How five 20th century economists subtly remade the political landscape

Veronique de Rugy | 10.1.2015 12:00 PM

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Crony Capitalism

Crony Capitalists and Special Interests Dragging Down U.S. Economic Growth

Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson makes the case.

Ronald Bailey | 9.14.2015 10:33 AM

Policy

As Vaping Rises to Record Highs, Smoking Falls to Record Lows

Jacob Sullum | 12.19.2014 1:02 PM

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Nanny State

Taxing Away Sweet Drinks: Plenty of Baptists, But No Bootleggers

Soda tax moralizers are easy to find, but where are our sweetened-beverage bootleggers?

Adam Smith and Bruce Yandle | 11.27.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Forget Uber's "Asshole Problem." The Company is Now Bedding Down with Regulators to Screw Over Competitors

Nick Gillespie | 11.23.2014 4:17 PM

Politics

Gordon Tullock, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 11.4.2014 6:40 PM

Economics

Famed Public Choice Economist Gordon Tullock Dead at 92

A non-voter who passed away just before Election Day.

Reason Staff | 11.4.2014 6:30 PM

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Bootleggers and Baptists

Watch This: FSU Student's Film Shows Craziness of Craft Beer Laws in 'A Story So True, It's Stupid'

Robby Soave | 8.13.2014 12:47 PM

Politics

"Every single VA senior executive received an evaluation of 'fully successful' or better over a 4-year period."

Nick Gillespie | 6.25.2014 8:40 AM

Politics

James Buchanan: He "Uneducated" the Economists

Nick Gillespie | 1.9.2013 6:18 PM

Economics

Nobel Prize Winning Economist James Buchanan, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 1.9.2013 11:02 AM

Policy

Intervention Begets Intervention

Ludwig von Mises and Sanford Ikeda on the perils of interventionism

Sheldon Richman | 12.25.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Defending Romney's "Gift" Remarks

Romney's explanation of his election loss may be closer to the truth than a lot of people want to believe.

Ira Stoll | 11.19.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Virginia-Style Hurricane Relief: Occupational Licensing for Public Insurance Adjusters

John Ross | 10.31.2012 1:44 PM

Policy

Will Michigan Create an Interior Design Guild?

John Ross | 10.26.2012 2:40 PM

Politics

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Boston Restaurateurs Support Happy Hour Ban

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.24.2012 12:45 PM

Politics

Obama's Disaster-Prone Presidency

Would it shock you to hear that presidents play politics with disaster relief?

Gene Healy | 7.3.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Warren Buffett: Baptist and Bootlegger

How America's favorite billionaire plays politics to make money

Peter Schweizer | 2.9.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Blago Sentenced; Deutsche Bank Bomb; Mumia Lives; New Planet, and More: Reason Evening Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.7.2011 5:28 PM

Politics

RFK Jr., Green Energy Boondoggles, & Socialism for the Rich

Nick Gillespie | 11.30.2011 8:54 AM

Politics

Success: Empty City, No Business, Carpool Lane, Unfinished Job

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.17.2011 4:25 PM

Policy

"Baptists and Stoners" Unite

Damon Root | 7.21.2010 4:56 PM

Anarchism

"The economics of anarchy is an important area of research in public choice."

Damon Root | 1.21.2009 7:10 PM

Science & Technology

The Baptist and the Bootlegger

An unlikely coalition for climate control

Ronald Bailey | 11.16.2006 1:32 PM

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