Why Libertarians Should Want *More* Trust in Government
Paradoxically, government grows because of our lack of confidence in it.
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Paradoxically, government grows because of our lack of confidence in it.
"I plan to live forever," says futurist José Cordeiro.
Nick Gillespie talks with Peter Suderman about Prohibition's lingering effects on booze.
Brazil, Russia, Greece, and China were all suckers in one of the oldest scams in sports
Also: GOP Congress should fix health care, taxes, and easy money.
Did the president really need a teachable moment to denounce neo-Nazis?
Make no mistake, says Cato Institute's Walter Olson, the government is playing a role in policing speech at your job.
A vital lesson, as we confront calls for more regulation and government control in all aspects of our lives.
Economist Deirdre McCloskey explains the roots of "The Great Enrichment" of the last 200 years.
New York City arrests people who travel with guns-even when they notify and follow all TSA rules and have a valid gun license from their home state.
Michael Munger on the radicalism of public-choice economics, the failure of Democracy in Chains, and how the libertarian movement needs to evolve.
John Stossel investigates a New York City park bathroom that cost $2 million to build.
Economist Roberto Salinas-León on how free trade fuels prosperity on both sides of the border.
The libertarian congressman says the internet is poised to destroy politics as we know it.
Princeton Computer Science Professor Michael Freedman on why scaling this blockchain-based computing platform will be so difficult.
Most folks have no idea what federal agencies do. John Stossel reports on wasteful programs like the Agriculture Department forcing farmers to let cherries rot.
How flag-waving nationalism provides cover for a destructive economic policy.
"What you're seeing now is a lot more fun on the libertarian and right side," says the Fox News host in an interview at Freedom Fest 2017.
Serious researchers are about to do what Timothy Leary never managed: Get government approval for LSD, MDMA, and more.
How the Arab world's top satirist was censored, persecuted, and driven out.
W. Joseph Cambpell says, "It makes you wonder why these news organizations are not doing a more thorough job of...fact-checking...and being a bit wary of anonymous sources."
"I take the Hippocratic oath seriously that my job is to relieve pain and suffering," says Dr. Forest Tennant, a California pain specialist who patients from across the nation are flocking to see.
A new study reminds us that the law of supply and demand still applies to labor
Second-place finisher in 2016 LP presidential primary aims to take on Democrat Claire McCaskill in home state of Missouri.
The GOP health plan tacitly accepts Obamacare's central premise: that governments should micromanage insurance markets.
Cato's polling director Emily Ekins says as many as one in five voters can be identified as libertarian.
New History Channel series explores the dark corners of prohibition and takes viewers on great, freaky trip.
Sociologist Frank Furedi on how to bring liberalism back to campus.
The comedian and Fox News host celebrates his free-range childhood in the 1970s and what it means for his own kids.
Five terrible, perpetually recurring arguments, debunked.
"There's not a lot of space for libertarianism in politics right now," says Wash Post's David Weigel. Is he right?
From reforming air-traffic control to expanding road capacity with private capital, the president's plan may really get America moving again.
Katherine Mangu-Ward interviews Cornell Law's Josh Chafetz about his new book, Congress's Constitution
Dr. David Nutt on what the first brain imaging study of humans on LSD reveals about mental health and human consciousness.
Q&A with Abra founder and CEO Bill Barhydt on bitcoin as "regulatory arbitrage."
A review of American Kingpin and an interview with the author.
Glenn Platt of Miami University says technology is shrinking the distance between celebrity and audience, business and customer. Radical disruption ensues.
The novelist, activist, and BoingBoing founder on cyber warfare, Uber-style reputation economics, and what he's likely to get arrested for someday.
The FCC is designed to protect incumbents, enrich politicians, and screw consumers, says economist Thomas Hazlett.
Former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith on the privatization revolution.
LSD, mushrooms, and ecstasy are finally getting attention from serious medical researchers. And their findings are astounding.
"I have such a deeper appreciation for the punishment that black people received from their government for so long and the crass politics that perpetuated it."
Flying Dog Brewery's Jim Caruso took on government censors and won.
Northwestern University's Laura Kipnis on feminism, witch trials, and sexual paranoia at American universities.
It locks in many of the worst elements of Obamacare while making actual market-friendly reforms next-to-impossible.
Reason sat down with experts and advocates to discuss the state legalization, science, and the marijuana industry.
Yet the DEA wants to ban it.