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Yes, capitalism can cause some problems. It's also the only thing that works.
So far, electricity prices haven't risen. If and when they do, the solution is more power generation.
Making less harmful products harder to get pushes people toward more dangerous ones.
"The New Deal made investment in America a risky project," says economist Donald J. Boudreaux, author of The Triumph of Economic Freedom.
Government rules have made it far more expensive for families.
"For the first time since California came into the union," the publisher and businessman says, "they're having out-migration."
"Why should somebody else have this right to decide the direction of my own life?" asks Timothy Sandefur, author of the book You Don't Own Me.
"Central planning doesn't work because everybody has different ideas for themselves," says Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute.
Some climate activists want a meat-free future. The science says otherwise.
Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?
Government agencies rarely check whether their handouts go to the right people. Why?
"We created a monster," says Brad Cates, who helped write civil forfeiture laws as director of the Justice Department's Asset Forfeiture office.
History is very clear that property rights and capitalism are necessary for society to flourish.
"When it comes down to it, my life belongs to me," says Timothy Sandefur, author of the new book, You Don't Own Me.
Past societies tried to regulate their way to stability. But it came at a great cost.
When the media say the middle class is in decline, they're technically right—because people are getting richer.
Proponents say such IDs will make life easier and protect kids from dangerous content. But opponents worry they will make you much easier to target.
The only reason we celebrate the holiday with lots of food is because the Pilgrims learned—the hard way—that socialism doesn't work.
"Once you have an ever-expanding system of entitlements that you can't afford, that's often the beginning of the decline and fall," says historian Johan Norberg.
To support chipmaker Intel, the president used our money to buy 433 million shares of Intel stock. That's not a free market.
"Look at the corruption," says Dale Davenport. "Look how many city councilmen have gone to jail."
Politicians across the aisle love free speech—until they're in power.
"By [activists'] own measurements, these bans aren't successful," says lobbyist Alyssa Miller-Hurley. "What they are successful at is fundraising."
Despite viral claims, a typical 25-year-old Gen Zer has annual household income that's 50 percent above Baby Boomers'.
"We're too afraid they'll get abducted," says the author of The Anxious Generation. "That sets kids up to be weaker."
Selling just a fraction of the land would reduce our enormous debt.
When children are abused, we want government to step in. But Child Protective Services sometimes goes too far.
"If your kids went through puberty on a smartphone with social media, they came out different than human beings before that," argues psychologist Jonathan Haidt.
From free buses to rent control, their big promises ignore the hard lessons of socialism’s failures.
Socialism doesn't bring a dignified life. On the contrary, it's wrecked lives wherever it's been tried.
Occupational licensing can be useless, harmful—and even a threat to free speech.
A growing number of conservatives agree with the left that free markets are to blame for society's ills.
Most of Big E spends little on cleaning rivers or parks and far more on filing lawsuits.
UPS, Yellow Corporation, and Boeing all gave into union demands. Massive layoffs followed.
The belief that limited government best protects individual rights turned out to be America’s secret sauce.
Twenty years after Susette Kelo lost at the Supreme Court, the land where her house once stood is still an empty lot.
Some conservatives are embracing the very trends they once mocked—including victimhood, cancel culture, and even struggle sessions.
"Just go to North Korea for 10 days and you'll know how bad it is," says Charles Ryu.
Government schools now spend about $20,000 per student.
"If this is the end of my American dream," says one small business owner, "I'm going to go down swinging."
Despite the fearmongering from teachers unions, it's largely useless.
"All these government programs that regulate and control, they institutionalize mediocrity at best," argues Yaron Brook, head of the Ayn Rand Institute.
Climate change is real and may cause real problems. But media outlets keep pushing hysterical myths that don't materialize.
Yes, the climate is warming. But, despite what you may have heard, we can deal with it.
Lottery ticket buyers are disproportionately poor, and the odds are very bad. But governments want the money.
Bureaucrats in Dunedin, Florida, originally hit Jim Ficken with a fine close to $30,000. When he couldn't pay that, things turned dire.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion sound good. But DEI programs divide people more than they empower.
Studies have continuously shown that migrants create more jobs than they destroy.
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