Stossel: Sugar's Sweetheart Deal
Sugar subsidies are welfare for the rich. They cost consumers billions a year.
Welfare
Trump Attempts a Sweeping Reduction of Legal Immigration by Executive Fiat
From "immigration, yes; welfare, no" to "welfare, whatever; immigration, no."
America Should be More Like Sweden. But Not for the Reasons You Think: Podcast
Johan Norberg's new documentary shows how the Nordic nation traded stagnant socialism for a modern mixed economy
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Trump's Bogus Argument to Deny Green Cards and Citizenship to Immigrants who Play by the Rules
He wants to screw all immigrants, regardless of status
Trump's Latest Plan To Slam Legal Immigrants Who Merely Qualify for Public Benefits Is a Travesty
The right has given up the pretense that it is only opposed to illegal immigration
Basic Income/Negative Income Tax
Ontario Ends UBI Experiment Two Years Early
A provincial minister said the basic-income experiment "was certainly not going to be sustainable."
Restrictionists Are Abusing Milton Friedman
What the late, great libertarian economist really said about immigration and welfare
What Milton Friedman Really Said About Immigration and Welfare
Restrictionists have distorted and weaponized the late, great economist's views
Basic Income/Negative Income Tax
Universal Basic Income Proposal Still Fails to Pass Libertarian Scrutiny
We don't need UBI to enable people to tell bosses to take the job and shove it.
Nordic 'Glass Ceiling' Shows How Gender Equity Suffers From Government Overreach
"The rise of the Nordic welfare state has been a double-edged sword" for women's professional progress.
USDA's 'Harvest Box' Food-Shipping Proposal Is Truly Absurd
Poor people are likely to make better food choices for themselves than the government.
Trump's Food Stamp Overhaul Sounds Like a Boondoggle Waiting to Happen
And, weirdly, grocery store cronyism might be the thing that stops it.
Woman Still Getting Civil-War Survivor Benefits Shows How Federal Policies Mortgage the Future
Abraham Lincoln couldn't have dreamed that 21st-century Americans would still be paying for pensions created under him.
Resolved: 15 Million Americans Would Be Better Off Without Welfare
Center for American Progress' Neera Tanden and Foundation for Government Accountability's Tarran Bragdon debate government handouts at the Soho Forum.
Watch a Live Debate on the Welfare State's Impact on the Poor
Neera Tanden from the Center for American Progress vs. Tarren Bragdon from the Foundation for Government Accountability.
Would the Poor Be Better Off Without Welfare? Participate in Live Debate Tonight!
Neera Tanden, head of Center for American Progress, and Tarren Bragdon of Foundation for Government Accountability square in live Soho Forum/Reason debate.
Would the Poor Be Better Off Without Welfare? A Debate Next Week in New York City.
Neera Tanden from the Center for American Progress vs. Tarren Bragdon from the Foundation for Government Accountability at the Soho Forum.
Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage is Hurting the Workers It's Intending to Help
A new study reminds us that the law of supply and demand still applies to labor
Basic Income/Negative Income Tax
The Indestructible Idea of the Basic Income
Is this the only policy proposal Tom Paine, Huey Long, Milton Friedman, Timothy Leary, and Sam Altman can agree on?
Britain Is Turning Into a Welfare State Dystopia
Theresa May wants to go after seniors' homes to pay for their long-term care
No, LGBT Rights Are Not and Should Not Be Dependent on Census Questions
This week's fake outrage confuses welfare spending with equal government protection and blames Trump.
The Nativist Bias in the Welfare State
It is making even Canadians act more ruthlessly rather than benevolently
The Divisive Logic of the Welfare State
It is feeding forces of nativism in the West, including in compassionate Canada
McDowell Is the Poorest, Sickest, Most Hopeless County in America. Why Doesn't Everyone Just Leave? (Reason Podcast)
Ronald Bailey traveled back to his familial home to find out what went wrong in Appalachia.
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Stuck
A Reason writer returns to Appalachia to ask: Why don't people who live in places with no opportunity just leave?
Basic Income/Negative Income Tax
'Labor Unions Now Play a Particularly Boutique Role in the Economy'
The future economy is going to be self-managed, says former SEIU leader Andy Stern. Get out of its way-but give us a universal basic income.
Surveillance, Snitching, and Social Services
What were the actual effects of the NYPD's Juvenile Robbery Intervention Program?
It's Winter! Time to Intern the Homeless!
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to force homeless people into shelters.
Basic Income/Negative Income Tax
Finland Wants to Replace Welfare Programs With a Minimum Income for All Residents
The basic-income scheme is meant to save Finland money and reduce the country's high unemployment rate.
"Don't Ban Smoking in Public Housing"
Proposed rule treats poor people like children and exposes government paternalism at its most naked.
HUD Proposes Nationwide Smoking Ban in Public Housing
This is class-based paternalism in action.
The Cult of Victims
Attaching attention and moral status to "victimhood" is changing the character of the nation.
The Continuing Convergence of the Welfare State and the Criminal Justice System
Public defenders increasingly act like social workers, and welfare providers increasingly act like law enforcement.
How the Great Society Paved the Way for Modern Mass Incarceration
Lyndon Johnson's war on crime
Liberal Writer Worries Large Minimum Wage Hike Could Hurt Poor People. You Don't Say.
Government intervention is never the panacea some on the left want to believe.
Giving Kids 'Help' At the End of a Gun
Defenders of the status quo push back against a Colorado proposal to decriminalize truancy.
Middle Class Incomes and the Economic Productivity Conundrum
Median household incomes would have been double: Roughly $100,000 rather than $50,000
Reform Conservatism Won't End the Liberal Welfare State, It'll Reinvent it
Policy prescriptions that offer a rewarmed mix of old and new liberal ideas
Shikha Dalmia on Reform Conservatism and the Triumph of Liberalism
New conservatives have given up on scaling back the welfare state
Obama's Mission: Increase Dependence
Americans are not yet that dependent upon the providence of their sovereign for their existence. But don't blame the president for lack of trying.
Obama's Plan to Help the Poor is to Make Government Bigger. Paul Ryan's Plan is to Make It Better.
Both want to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). But Ryan's plan would reform the system rather than grow it.
Massive Scale of Improper Payments Show Govt is Too Big NOT to Fail
Medicare may be making mistakes 20% of the time, school lunch programs 15%, and the Earned Income Tax Credit 25%.