The GOP's 'Capitalism' is Central Planning with MAGA Branding
Socialism is government control of the means of production. When the government becomes your largest shareholder, that's a strong first step.
Socialism is government control of the means of production. When the government becomes your largest shareholder, that's a strong first step.
Desperate New York influencers try to shame the longtime local activist out of the mayoral race, so that a disgraced former governor can again lose to Zohran Mamdani
The city has the nation’s most regulated housing sector and the largest stock of government-owned and subsidized housing, and yet progressives blame its real estate troubles on the free market.
The award goes to a classical liberal and free market advocate who has risked her life to challenge Venezuela’s socialist dictatorship.
Novelist Lionel Shriver explains why Americans overinterpret tragedies, compares today’s partisan divisions to the conflicts she witnessed in Northern Ireland, and argues that political manias are driving the country toward destructive extremes.
The federal government can't even pass a budget. What's it doing buying a mine?
Several Lone Star cities are attempting to undermine new state-level zoning reforms by requiring new apartment buildings come with ritzy amenities.
The Republican and the socialist agree: Free trade and H-1B visas are bad news.
The Guardian Angels founder and New York mayoral candidate talks about crime, drugs, zoning, and what the government could learn from squatters.
The late friend of Reason, who coined the term "technological singularity," landed on the feds' radar for his association with a foreign policy dissident.
Economist Bob Murphy discusses the mounting pressure on the Federal Reserve, the implications of the government taking Intel equity, and capitalism under siege on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
The potential nationalization and forced revenue sharing of university patents makes a strong case for the separation of economy and state.
Big city mayors' progressive ambitions are on a collision course with fiscal reality.
Both are prone to promoting government planning and control of the economy, and both have common flaws.
Is this the last gasp of Latin America's disastrous "pink tide"?
Turning Intel into the chipmaking equivalent of Amtrak is unlikely to be good news for American taxpayers or the company itself.
Plus: College football insanity, fans jailed in Venezuela, and the benefits of betting
From free buses to rent control, their big promises ignore the hard lessons of socialism’s failures.
Fans of Deportivo Táchira wanted to see their team play in the league final. The mafia state made sure most never made it.
For years, the president has rightly railed against those oppressive regimes. So why is his administration targeting their victims?
The author and psychologist joins the show to breakdown the Zohran Mamdani campaign, among other fads.
Socialism doesn't bring a dignified life. On the contrary, it's wrecked lives wherever it's been tried.
Some young adults blame "capitalism" for just about everything. But it's only a convenient scapegoat.
Financial historian and attorney Richard E. Farley explains how political games, union power, and creative accounting tanked New York City in 1975—and why it could happen again.
If Zohran Mamdani turns socialist rhetoric into policy, New York’s financial giants may not stick around to see how that plays out.
How did Zohran Mamdani’s rise happen, and what does it tell us about the future of the Democratic Party?
Plus: Zohran Mamdani doesn't understand what New York's families need, Lia Thomas titles revoked, and more...
To the socialist mind, families are not forces for good; they’re competitors to the state.
Plus: Senate GOP releases version of “Big Beautiful Bill” and Republicans shift on gay marriage
A clever viral video helps explains the appeal of the Democratic Party's nominee for mayor of New York City.
Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for state-run supermarkets exposes the inefficiencies of state-run education.
Plus: Trump the Jacksonian, a big day for SCOTUS decisions, and more...
Mamdani's socialism is unacceptable, but the former governor is himself unacceptable.
Any decisions made by U.S. Steel's executives and shareholders will require approval from Trump, his appointees, or his successors.
Plus: Teachers union thinks your kids belong to them, more Jerome Powell antagonism, and more...
The democratic socialist's proposed "public option" reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of the market.
Allegedly sane, centrist opponents of New York City's socialist mayoral candidate are all too happy to regulate rental housing into the ground.
Plus: Israel and Iran both get trophies, tariffs suck, steel dome, and more...
It’s not the only way the Republican senator is closer to democratic socialism than to traditional conservatism.
"Just go to North Korea for 10 days and you'll know how bad it is," says Charles Ryu.
Plus: Habemus papam, deporting grannies, and more...
The first American pope has a history of advocating for migrants' rights.
America is not a department store. And no successful department store would be following Trump's antitrade strategy.
Trump’s tariffs aren’t just bad economics—they’re a rejection of abundance, prosperity, and capitalism itself.
May Day should be a day to honor victims of an ideology that took tens of millions of lives. But we should also be open to alternative dates if they can attract broad enough support.
Prime Minister Mark Carney's plan to create a federal housing developer is a terrible idea.
The Administration ended the CHNV "parole" program for 530,000 migrants from four Latin American nations, including three ruled by authoritarian socialist regimes. They will soon be subject to deportation.
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