Economist John Cochrane Is Still Worried About the Debt
The U.S. national debt held by the public is currently almost $22 trillion, surpassing the country's annual GDP for the first time since World War II.
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Chef Andrew Gruel Survived COVID-19 and Gavin Newsom
What's it like to run a restaurant in California during the pandemic?
Grant McCracken on How To Reengineer the Honor Code
"The tissue of an honor society comes undone almost instantaneously once the wolf of 'everybody does it' enters the room."
Scott Wiener Is California's 'YIMBY' State Senator
The YIMBY Democrat wants to make it easier to build more housing in California's densest and most expensive cities.
Alex Tabarrok on 'First Doses First'
"When you push out the first doses faster, you get to herd immunity faster."
Walter Williams, RIP
The free market economist and iconoclast died in December at the age of 84.
Ajit Pai on What the FCC Has Done Right
Pai has focused on taking a market-based approach to regulating the nation's always-evolving telecommunications industry, with great success.
Taghi Amirani on the Legacy of the U.S.-Backed Coup in Iran
Amirani argues that the 1953 coup became the "playbook" for future U.S. covert actions in countries such as Guatemala, Vietnam, and Chile.
The New York Times' Jia Lynn Yang on the Ebb and Flow of Immigration
From the founding up until 1882, U.S. immigration policy was quite open. In her new book, Yang details how that changed over time.
Jo Jorgensen Is the 2020 Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee
What can libertarianism offer America in the midst of the economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic?
Michael Munger Says 'Price Gouging' Gives Us Information We Need
Such laws end up causing more shortages than they solve, especially during a crisis.
Vermin Supreme Says This Time, He's Serious
"The political duopoly electioneering of the presidential system has indeed risen to the level of a joke."
Michael Strain Wants You To Believe in the American Dream
The economy is broadly healthy and that it's benefiting nearly everyone—including the lower-income households who need it most.
Christopher Preble Says Killing Soleimani Didn't Make America Safer
"Does this advance American safety and security? Does it make Americans freer and more prosperous? The answer is no."
Judge Napolitano on the Politics of Impeachment
"Each president has more authority than his predecessors."
Kevin O'Leary Puts His Money Where the Profits Are
"There was a time when the majority of people on Earth were illiterate and starving, and capitalism changed all of that."
George Will Still Believes in Classical Liberalism
The erudite author and television commentator is not ready to give up on conservatism just yet.
Pessimists Archive Podcaster Jason Feifer Debunks Past Panics About Elevators, Novels, and Bicycles
Why do new things reliably freak us out?
Illinois Is the Canary in the Pension Coal Mine, Says Adam Schuster
Mike Riggs talks with Illinois Policy Institute's Adam Schuster about how to fix the state's pension debt crisis.
Psychonaut Hamilton Morris on Drugs After Prohibition
Nick Gillespie speaks with Viceland's Hamilton Morris about why he's so interested in drugs.
Why Jordan Shapiro Plays Video Games With His Kids
Nick Gillespie speaks with author Jordan Shapiro about his book The New Childhood
Water From the Air and Power From Trash
Technology extracts at least 2,000 liters of water per day from the atmosphere at a cost of less than 2 cents per liter.
Manhattan Institute's Brian Riedl Is Very Worried About Deficits
Our fiscal problems aren't going away. In fact, they're getting worse.
Joshua Browder Is Building You a Robot Lawyer
The Stanford-trained wunderkind would like to see robot lawyers replace humans, doing all manner of legal work for (virtually) free.
