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• Treating Wall Street Like the Mafia
  Chris Dodd's Agency for Financial Stability will give too much power to federal regulators
  Anthony Randazzo
  November 20, 2009
• Worse Than Taxes
  The real burden of government is the spending level
  John Stossel
  November 19, 2009
• Globalization With a Human Face
  Jagdish Bhagwati on the trouble with protectionism, how to deal with climate change, and why NAFTA was bad for free trade.
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 18, 2009
• Bernanke's Philosopher
  The Fed chairman is portrayed as a follower of John Maynard Keynes, but his real inspiration is Milton Friedman
  Penn Bullock
  November 17, 2009
• Where's That Inflation?
  The monetary base has ballooned, yet inflation remains far off. Or does it?
  Veronique de Rugy
  November 17, 2009
• The U.S. House of Presumptuous Meddlers
  The folly of health care "reform"
  John Stossel
  November 12, 2009
• The Secret Message of Stimulus Spending
  Even the feds don't believe they can create jobs
  Veronique de Rugy
  November 3, 2009
• A Hard Pill to Swallow
  Is the stimulus turning the economy around?
  Jacob Sullum
  October 29, 2009
• Self-Governance Works
  Elinor Ostrom's research shows that free people can overcome the "tragedy of the commons"
  John Stossel
  October 29, 2009
• 'The Last Gasp of the Dinosaurs'
  Publisher and flat-tax Republican Steve Forbes on 1930s-style economic policies, the news industry, and the future of the GOP
  Matt Welch
  October 28, 2009
• Fed Up
  The political movement to curtail the Federal Reserve goes from fringe to mainstream
  Brian Doherty
  October 27, 2009
• Financial Market Reform
  Why new regulations must avoid moral hazards
  Jeffrey Miron
  October 27, 2009
• Consumer Financial Protection Vagary
  Congress confuses the causes of the financial crisis—on purpose
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  October 23, 2009
• A Nobel Prize for Showing That Freedom Works
  Why Elinor Ostrom won
  John Stossel
  October 22, 2009
• In Health Care, Nobody Knows Anything
  Two new industry studies reignite the debate about what makes health care so expensive
  Ronald Bailey
  October 20, 2009
• In Praise of Doing Nothing
  Why saying "no" does not equal saying "yes" to the status quo
  David Harsanyi
  October 20, 2009
• The Myth of the Multiplier
  Why the stimulus package hasn't reduced unemployment
  Veronique de Rugy
  October 19, 2009
• Treating the Elderly Like Spoiled Brats
  The case against giving a tax-free bonus to Social Security recipients
  Steve Chapman
  October 19, 2009
• The New Deal Made Them "Right"
  Remembering FDR's principled liberal opponents
  Damon W. Root
  October 16, 2009
• Mortgage Madness, Again
  The trouble with the Federal Housing Authority's easy-money policies
  Steve Chapman
  October 15, 2009
• Elinor Ostrom on the Market, the State, and the Third Sector
  The remarkable achievements of the Nobel Prize-winning economist
  Paul Dragos Aligica
  October 12, 2009
• Three Guiding Principles for Reforming Wall Street
  Cure the problems, don't create new ones
  Anthony Randazzo
  October 12, 2009
• President Obama's Plan to Help Consumers Will Hurt Them
  There are good ways of reforming consumer protection but this isn't it
  Anthony Randazzo
  October 9, 2009
• The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal
  No Impact Man fails to make an impression
  Dan Hayes
  October 6, 2009
• Marching with Michael Moore
  After a rally, union toughs get a sneak peak of Capitalism: A Love Story
  Sean Higgins
  October 5, 2009
• The Teutonic Turn
  In the midst of an economic downturn, German voters go libertarian
  Michael C. Moynihan
  October 2, 2009
• Success No Matter What?
  Don't believe the White House's economic hype
  John Stossel
  October 1, 2009
• Too Big to Fail Becoming Official Policy
  President's Wall Street plan encourages banks to take risks, all but guarantees more bailouts
  Anthony Randazzo
  September 30, 2009
• Payday of Reckoning
  New laws aimed at kneecapping payday lenders will end up hurting the poor
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  September 25, 2009
• The Truth About Media Bias
  Every reporter has political beliefs
  John Stossel
  September 24, 2009
• Anarchy in PA
  The last thing Pittsburgh needs is the G-20 Summit
  Bill Steigerwald
  September 23, 2009
• Doubling Down on Climate Change
  Activists want America to reduce emissions to 1960s levels. Is that even possible?
  Ronald Bailey
  September 22, 2009
• Inflation Returns!
  Free market economists debate the prospects, fears, and even hopes for rising prices in post-crises America
  Peter Schiff, Scott Sumner, Randall Parker, Vernon Smith, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Jeffrey Rogers, James Grant, Steven Gjerstad and Donald Luskin
  September 22, 2009
• Marching with Michael Moore
  After a rally, union toughs get a sneak peak of Capitalism: A Love Story
  Sean Higgins
  September 21, 2009
• The Debtorship Society
  More Americans became "homeowners" while owning less and less of their homes
  Tim Cavanaugh
  September 21, 2009
• The Revenge of Ross Perot
  Obama's policies are making Americans worry about the national debt
  Steve Chapman
  September 17, 2009
• Rebuilding Wall Street
  Suggestions for Reforming Financial Services Regulation
  Anthony Randazzo
  September 15, 2009
• Obama's Health Care Plan: Put Up and Shut Up
  More broken promises from the candidate of change
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 14, 2009
• About That Detroit Renaissance
  Don't believe the hype
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 11, 2009
• TARP Tall Tales
  Phase 1: Spend $700 billion, Phase 2: ??, Phase 3: Profit?
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  September 3, 2009
• Clunker Legislation
  The economic illiteracy behind Cash for Clunkers
  John Stossel
  September 3, 2009
• Friedman Economics
  Is Fed chairman Ben Bernanke a follower of John Maynard Keynes or Milton Friedman?
  Penn Bullock
  September 1, 2009
• The Evil-Mongering of the American Medical Association
  Obama's cozy relationship with Big Medicine will hurt patients
  Shikha Dalmia
  August 27, 2009
• High-Speed Rail Fails As a Jobs Program
  Everyone from Rep. Cantor to President Obama promotes inflated job numbers for train plans
  Samuel Staley
  August 17, 2009
• Big Business Goes Big for Health Care Reform
  Why drug companies and insurance providers are backing ObamaCare
  John Stossel
  August 13, 2009
• Cash for Clunkers Destroys Wealth and Resources
  Program isn't delivering on its eco-goals
  Shikha Dalmia
  August 12, 2009
• Cash for Climate
  How to get your money's worth on climate change geoengineering
  Ronald Bailey
  August 11, 2009
• The Real Clunkers in this Deal
  Why "cash for clunkers" is a terrible idea
  Steve Chapman
  August 10, 2009
• Policymakers Turn to Privatization Amid Prolonged Government Fiscal Crises
  Privatization, public-private partnerships increasingly prominent in fiscal policy debates
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 6, 2009
• Little Bitty Bang Bang
  The trouble with "cash for clunkers"
  David Harsanyi
  August 5, 2009
• Taxing the Net
  Sales tax cartel
  Brian Doherty
  August 3, 2009
• The Failure of African Aid
  Michael C. Moynihan
  August 3, 2009
• Parking Pass
  Privatization gone wrong
  Samuel Staley
  August 3, 2009
• The Re-Election Campaign of Ben Bernanke
  The Federal Reserve chief fights for his future. Why is he bothering?
  Brian Doherty
  July 30, 2009
• The Myth of Free-Market Health Care in America
  Why other Western countries offer no panacea for American woes
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 30, 2009
• A Minimum Wage Equals Minimum Jobs
  The unseen costs of minimum wage laws
  John Stossel
  July 30, 2009
• A Hole They Dug for Themselves
  There's nothing surprising about the crises in state budgets
  Steve Chapman
  July 30, 2009
• The Dangerous Minimum Wage Mirage
  Why raising the minimum wage will hurt workers and worsen the economy
  Steve Chapman
  July 23, 2009
• What's Next, Mr. President—Cardigans?
  The real reasons why Barack Obama's domestic agenda is faltering
  Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
  July 19, 2009
• The Future of the Financial System, Part II
  Interview with FEE Chairman Wayne Olson
  Anthony Randazzo
  July 16, 2009
• Why Poor Countries Won't Curb Emissions
  Massive greenhouse gas reductions would require developing countries to abandon plans to ever conquer poverty
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 15, 2009
• Automakers Bailout Is Illegal, Illiberal and Ill-fated
  Why Washington shouldn't run Detroit
  Jacob Sullum, Matt Welch and Ronald Bailey
  July 14, 2009
• Bailouts, Stimulus or Do Nothing?
  Doing nothing new would have been much better than anything we've done so far
  Jeffrey Miron
  July 14, 2009
• California Screaming: The Budget Deficit Blame Game
  Golden State's political class comes unglued in the face of a citizens' revolt
  Matt Welch
  July 14, 2009
• Corporate Tax Burden Is Already a Whopping 40 Percent
  President Obama's new corporate tax plan will increase what's already the highest unemployment rate since 1983
  Veronique de Rugy
  July 14, 2009
• The Employee Free Choice Act and Binding Arbitration
  EFCA is destructive to the rights of employers and workers, and the economy
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 14, 2009
• Return to the Moon
  Unless it's profitable, it won't be permanent
  Ronald Bailey
  July 14, 2009
• The Future of the Financial System
  Interview with FEE Chairman Wayne Olson
  Anthony Randazzo
  July 14, 2009
• Why We'll Leave L.A.
  Arbitrary and capricious behavior by local lawmakers is chasing business out of the City of Angels
  Rick Newcombe
  July 10, 2009
• Unemployment Statistics are Signaling Economic Recovery
  How a look at the unemployment data reveals economic recovery may sooner than expected
  Anthony Randazzo
  July 9, 2009
• (Un)Happy New Fiscal Year
  States need fundamental budget/spending reforms to weather the fiscal storm
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 6, 2009
• The Cost of Doing Something
  Declaiming the price of "inaction" is a perennial argument for big government and bad law
  Matt Welch
  July 1, 2009
• Obama Pulls an Agency Out of His...Hat
  Rhetorical sleight of hand on the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  June 26, 2009
• Regulation Proposals Could Lead to JP Morgan Mae and Citi Mac
  The White House regulation proposal will inadvertently turn private companies into government sponsored enterprises
  Anthony Randazzo
  June 25, 2009
• I, Toaster
  A British artist inadvertently brings Leonard Read's classic essay "I, Pencil" to life.*
  Radley Balko
  June 24, 2009
• The Myth of Financial Deregulation
  Government action caused the economic crisis, not the free market
  Anthony Randazzo
  June 22, 2009
• The Invisible Hand of Population Control
  The tragedy of the commons meets economic freedom
  Ronald Bailey
  June 16, 2009
• Dickens Is Back. Watch Your Wallet.
  If you want to understand the economy, don't turn to the author of Oliver Twist for answers.
  Tim Cavanaugh
  June 16, 2009
• Sympathy for the Investment Banker
  Who killed Bear Stearns? After all, it was you and me.
  Tim Cavanaugh
  June 15, 2009
• Indulging Our Health Care Fantasies
  The problem with Obama's health care plan
  Steve Chapman
  June 15, 2009
• Baffled by the Economy
  Why being a macroeconomist means never having to say you're sorry
  Steve Chapman
  June 11, 2009
• Is America Following the Policies that Caused Japan's "Lost Decade"?
  Federal government is repeating many of the same mistakes that created Japan's Lost Decade
  Anthony Randazzo, Adam Summers and Michael Flynn
  June 10, 2009
• Government Motors
  The trouble with Washington running a car company
  Steve Chapman
  June 8, 2009
• Save the Motherland: Buy GM!
  The trouble with preserving a prehistoric, poorly run, and unprofitable private corporation
  David Harsanyi
  June 3, 2009
• How Not to Run G.M.
  Obama's environmental and employment goals could undermine profitability
  Jacob Sullum
  June 3, 2009
• The Federal Deficit Grows and Grows
  President Obama's first budget promises "fiscal responsibility"—and delivers the opposite.
  Veronique de Rugy
  June 1, 2009
• Nostalgianomics
  Liberal economists pine for days no liberal should want to revisit
  Brink Lindsey
  May 26, 2009
• The Lure of the Czars
  It took the Romanovs almost 300 years to produce 18 czars. Obama did it in less than 100 days.
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  May 22, 2009
• Blackbeard Economics
  The surprising, and surprisingly tame, self-organization of pirates
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  May 21, 2009
• China's Rocket to Modernity
  Why "socialism with Chinese characteristics" looks a lot like capitalism
  Steve Chapman
  May 21, 2009
• The Housing Boom and Bust
  Thomas Sowell on how government policies made the housing crisis possible
  Brian Doherty
  May 20, 2009
• Coming to Your Garage: Le Car
  The trouble with the government's new automobile emissions and efficiency standards
  David Harsanyi
  May 20, 2009
• Cap-and-Trade Delusions
  Proponents need to stop pretending cap-and-trade will cost nothing and create tons of jobs
  Ronald Bailey
  May 19, 2009
• Seeing is Believing
  It's time for Obama to keep his promise about stimulus transparency
  Veronique de Rugy and Eileen Norcross
  May 12, 2009
• Barter Country
  As the economy suffers, a nation turns toward cashless transactions
  Greg Beato
  May 12, 2009
• If You Can't Handle the Stress Test...
  Are the Democrats tired of being the bear in the china closet?
  Tim Cavanaugh
  May 8, 2009
• The Economic Impact of President Obama's Health Care Tactics
  No major industrialized economy with universal health care has performed better than the U.S. in the last decade
  Shikha Dalmia
  May 6, 2009
• Chavez Takes Charge
  A Venezuelan chronicles his president's evolution from democrat to dictator
  Antonio Rumbos
  April 30, 2009
• Stages of Denial
  Take pity on the left as it grapples with the tea party revolt
  Matt Kibbe
  April 29, 2009
• Soundbite: The Raw Deal
  Damon W. Root
  April 29, 2009
• Obama's Vision Deficit
  After 100 days, the new president has revealed himself as an effective salesman of exhausted ideas
  Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
  April 29, 2009
• Meddling Congress Wants to Set Your Pay
  It started with CEOs, now Congress wants to tell bank tellers and janitors how much they can make too
  Anthony Randazzo
  April 29, 2009
• President of Everything
  Obama's executive grasp includes our entire lives
  Brian Doherty
  April 27, 2009
• Is the Government Acting Like a Payday Lender?
  Banks want to pay back their bailout loans early, but Treasury doesn't want to let them go
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  April 23, 2009
• When Do Deficits Matter?
  While Democrats and Republicans switch sides, economists try to pin down a tipping point
  Veronique de Rugy
  April 20, 2009
• The Truth About the Tea Parties
  It's the government spending, stupid
  Steve Chapman
  April 20, 2009
• Feds Should Allow the Market to Work Freely
  The consequences of federal intervention in the financial system
  Anthony Randazzo and J. Dustin Pope
  April 16, 2009
• Will We Be Stimulated?
  Economists sound off on Obama's stimulus package
  Nick Gillespie
  April 15, 2009
• Managed Destruction, or, Where Are the Paleo-Schumpeterians When We Need Them?
  Can Carlota Perez save the global economy?
  Tim Cavanaugh
  April 9, 2009
• State Governments Face Deficits and Fiscal Trouble Because of Spending
  From 2002 to 2007, state spending rose 50 percent faster than inflation
  Adam Summers and Michael Flynn
  April 9, 2009
• Obama's Double-Talk
  While the president talks sobriety, his policies take America on an economic bender
  Matt Welch
  April 3, 2009
• Obama's Losing Bet on Detroit
  Nationalization won't save General Motors
  Steve Chapman
  April 2, 2009
• GM Should Run To Bankruptcy Court
  By avoiding bankruptcy, GM only risks trading union demands for federal tyranny
  Shikha Dalmia
  April 2, 2009
• India's Faulty Exceptionalism
  India isn't suffering during this global slowdown, but needs more openness to trade
  Shikha Dalmia
  April 1, 2009
• Economic Forecast
  Peter Schiff
  March 30, 2009
• Briefly Noted: Marketplace of Ideas
  Damon W. Root
  March 30, 2009
• Gimme Some Sugar
  Pepsi and Pizza Hut go au naturel, but still make you fat
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  March 27, 2009
• Rolling Out TARP II
  Creating an unnecessarily subsidized market in toxic assets
  Anthony Randazzo
  March 27, 2009
• Whitewashing FDR
  A New Deal apologia arrives just in time for Barack Obama
  Daniel Rothschild
  March 26, 2009
• No End in Sight
  Obama needs a bailout exit strategy
  David Harsanyi
  March 25, 2009
• Does Nature Have Economic Value?
  Ecological economists know the price of everything--and the value of nothing
  Ronald Bailey
  March 24, 2009
• Government Officials Say Sweeping Financial Overhaul Is Coming
  New financial regulations could make things worse if Congress isn't careful
  Anthony Randazzo
  March 23, 2009
• All the President's Newsmen
  The stupidity of getting government involved in the journalism business
  Michael C. Moynihan
  March 23, 2009
• The Power to Destroy
  Is it legal for Congress to target the AIG bonuses?
  Steve Chapman
  March 23, 2009
• Goodbye Chang, So Long Singh
  America's real immigration problem will soon be returning emigres
  Shikha Dalmia
  March 23, 2009
• You Will Be Stimulated!
  Why the states should refuse the stimulus
  Brian Doherty
  March 20, 2009
• Snake Oil Economics
  Why Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer are both wrong about short-selling
  John Berlau
  March 20, 2009
• The End of Financial Privacy
  Why Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Austria caved on protecting its foreign investors
  Veronique de Rugy
  March 20, 2009
• Making Sure the Broadband Stimulus Money Isn't Wasted
  How to find the areas not being served, and unlikely to get high-speed Internet services
  Steven Titch
  March 20, 2009
• Even During the Recession Private Companies Are Investing In Ports
  Private sector is driving modernization efforts
  Shirley Ybarra
  March 19, 2009
• Obama's Unkeepable AIG Promise
  President vows "never" again on bailouts, yet his policy remains too big to fail
  Matt Welch
  March 19, 2009
• 'We Have a Lot of Work to Do'
  ABC's John Stossel on defending the market from within the liberal media
  Ted Balaker
  March 19, 2009
• Punitive Damage
  Congress is in a lynching mood over bailouts and bonuses
  Steve Chapman
  March 19, 2009
• Buyer's Remorse
  The government's phony outrage over the AIG bonuses
  David Harsanyi
  March 18, 2009
• Stimulating Ourselves to Death
  They might sound great, but do stimulus packages work?
  Veronique de Rugy
  March 17, 2009
• Divide and Conquer
  The American Federation of Labor's shameful record on race
  Damon W. Root
  March 13, 2009
• Now You Own It, Mr. President
  Obama's policies have made the recession worse
  David Harsanyi
  March 11, 2009
• Fear Is the Economy's Biggest Problem Right Now
  Obama has followed Bush and Paulson's lead using fear to push bailouts and policies
  Anthony Randazzo
  March 6, 2009
• Are We All Socialists Now?
  It depends on what the meaning of "socialism" is
  Cathy Young
  March 5, 2009
• Why I Miss Bill Clinton
  And why the Democrats will, too
  Steve Chapman
  March 5, 2009
• Obama's Charitable Taking
  When tax increases are "savings," reach for your wallet
  Jacob Sullum
  March 4, 2009
• How Big Government Infrastructure Projects Go Wrong
  Lessons from the Tennessee Valley Authority
  Jim Powell
  March 2, 2009
• The Liberaltarian Jackalope
  The liberal-libertarian rapprochement is probably dead on arrival
  Matt Welch
  March 2, 2009
• The Two Faces of Barack Obama
  A president contradicts himself all night long
  Matt Welch
  February 25, 2009
• Detroit as the Prodigal Son
  Why is the government rewarding failure?
  Steve Chapman
  February 23, 2009
• Detroit as the Prodigal Son
  Why is the government rewarding failure?
  Steve Chapman
  February 23, 2009
• Here's What $800 Billion Buys Today
  The final stimulus package is the final insult to taxpayers
  Veronique de Rugy
  February 13, 2009
• Why the Stimulus Plan Won't Work
  And several ideas that might
  Veronique de Rugy
  February 13, 2009
• Corporate Workfare
  Wall Street's bailout money comes with strings attached
  Jesse Walker
  February 11, 2009
• The Reason.com Stimulus Symposium
  Leading economists sound off on the $800 billion stimulus package
  February 11, 2009
• Fear Is His Friend
  Obama takes a page from Bush's crisis management book
  Jacob Sullum
  February 11, 2009
• 800 Billion Reasons To Be Worried
  The Senate stimulus bill should only stimulate taxpayer anger
  Veronique de Rugy
  February 10, 2009
• 'I Think the SEC Was Distracted'
  Outgoing Securities and Exchange Commissioner Paul Atkins talks about bailouts, hedge funds, and what he thinks the SEC should have been regulating
  Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie
  February 10, 2009
• Dissatisfaction Guaranteed
  The federal government should stop guaranteeing loans
  Veronique de Rugy
  February 9, 2009
• Economic Change We Can Believe In
  To improve the economy, eliminate the corporate income tax
  Jeffrey Miron
  February 6, 2009
• The Benefits of Tax Cuts and Alternatives to Stimulus Spending
  Seven steps Congress should take to end the recession and jumpstart the economy
  Anthony Randazzo
  February 4, 2009
• Government Intervention Might Delay the Economic Recovery
  Every recession contains the seeds of its own regeneration
  Shikha Dalmia
  February 4, 2009
• No Hope For Bad Debtors?
  Why nobody's cramming for the great mortgage test
  Tim Cavanaugh
  February 3, 2009
• Your Money or Your Democracy
  It's the most privileged industries that demand protection
  Matt Welch
  February 2, 2009
• The Fallacy of "Fiscal Stimulus"
  Stimulus during the Great Depression delivered an unemployment rate of 25 percent
  Adam Summers
  February 2, 2009
• How to Sell a Mess
  What "stimulus" advocates learned from the push for war with Iraq
  Jesse Walker
  January 29, 2009
• Obama's Green Snake Oil
  The president continues to ignore the cost of his global warming plan.
  Jacob Sullum
  January 28, 2009
• A Newer Deal?
  Recession to depression
  Nick Gillespie
  January 27, 2009
• Huge Stimulus Plan Won't Change the Education System's Status Quo
  Throwing money at failing schools won't boost test scores or graduation rates
  Lisa Snell
  January 27, 2009
• Transportation Spending Won't Stimulate Economy
  Infrastructure projects aren't really ready-to-go and using private sector financing could save taxpayers hundreds of billions
  Shirley Ybarra and Anthony Randazzo
  January 27, 2009
• Repeating Our Economic Woes
  It's time to stop the cycle of spending
  Steve Chapman
  January 22, 2009
• Obama Needs to Push for Online Stimulus Transparency
  Government may have already spent $8.4 trillion in bailouts and stimulus, where did it all go?
  Anthony Randazzo
  January 21, 2009
• Where Did Bush Go Wrong?
  A depressing look back on eight years of arrogance, power lust, and incompetence
  Steve Chapman
  January 15, 2009
• The Next Catastrophe
  Think Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were a politicized financial disaster? Just wait until pension funds implode
  Jon Entine
  January 12, 2009
• The Empty Case for More Regulation
  The Madoff scandal shows why bigger government isn't the answer
  Steve Chapman
  January 8, 2009
• Practical Reasons Why Stimulus Spending Doesn't Work
  Tax cuts are much preferable way to stimulate economic growth
  Anthony Randazzo
  January 8, 2009
• Making Sure Infrastructure Stimulus Isn't Pork Parade
  There were 6,371 earmarks in the last highway bill
  Samuel Staley and Adrian Moore
  January 7, 2009
• Schwarzenegger's Failure
  If the California governor is the face of "moderate" Republicanism, the party is even more doomed than the 2008 elections suggest
  Matt Welch
  January 5, 2009
• Why 2009 Will be Worse than 2008
  We are not out of the woods yet
  Jeff Taylor
  January 2, 2009
• Economics Actually
  Michael C. Moynihan
  January 1, 2009
• Better Than a Bailout
  Four steps policy makers could take to help financial markets
  Philippe Lacoude and Veronique de Rugy
  December 31, 2008
• Artifact: Transparency in Action
  Secrets of the bailout
  Radley Balko
  December 26, 2008
• Houses of Pain
  When did declining home prices become politically intolerable?
  Tim Cavanaugh
  December 23, 2008
• Tom Daschle's Plan for Health Care Rationing
  How the new health czar would save money by limiting care
  Ronald Bailey
  December 23, 2008
• The Growing Case for Inflation
  Why rising prices will help the economy
  Steve Chapman
  December 22, 2008
• A $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme
  More laws and further regulation wouldn't have prevented the Bernard Madoff scam
  Anthony Randazzo
  December 18, 2008
• Lessons From the Great Inflation
  Paul Volcker and Ronald Reagan's forgotten miracle created a quarter century of prosperity--and a dangerous bubble of complacency
  Robert J. Samuelson
  December 18, 2008
• Return of the Living Dead
  What the U.S. can learn from Japan's failed experiment with "zombie businesses"
  Anthony Randazzo
  December 17, 2008
• Illegal Lending Practices
  Bush's plan to help carmakers is not authorized by law
  Jacob Sullum
  December 17, 2008
• A Good Deal For Big Three Workers
  Compared with Japanese counterparts, they pay less for health care
  Shikha Dalmia
  December 17, 2008
• The Fed's Binge
  How the Federal Reserve engineered the most dramatic peacetime experiment in monetary and fiscal stimulus in U.S. history without anyone noticing
  Jeffrey Rogers
  December 16, 2008
• With Bailouts, Stimulus Politicians Look Only at the Short-term
  Quick-fixes to the economy only prop up status quo, make problems worse
  Anthony Randazzo
  December 11, 2008
• Stimulus Shouldn't Be an Excuse for Pork
  The nation's mayors have presented a revealing wish list to Washington
  Robert Poole
  December 10, 2008
• All Infrastructure Spending Is Not Created Equally
  Randomly pouring billions of dollars into roads won't fix nation's gridlocked transportation system
  Samuel Staley and Adrian Moore
  December 5, 2008
• It's 65 Million B.C. for the Detroit Three
  Why use taxpayer money to postpone the inevitable?
  Shikha Dalmia
  December 2, 2008
• President-elect Obama's Budget Problems
  Cure the economy or tackle climate change
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 26, 2008
• Economic Downturn Didn't Cause State Budget Deficits
  What Texas and Florida can teach other states about spending and budget shortfalls
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 26, 2008
• Are You Better off Than You Were 40 Years Ago?
  Government has grown, but freedom has grown faster
  Veronique de Rugy
  November 24, 2008
• "Socialism" is Not the Problem
  Obama's big government liberalism is bad enough
  Steve Chapman
  November 24, 2008
• Financial Reversals
  Everything bad is good again
  Jacob Sullum
  November 19, 2008
• Congress Shouldn't Bailout Big Three
  Taxpayer money won't save dying Detroit
  Anthony Randazzo
  November 18, 2008
• Three Predictions for Obama's America
  Will the next president be a game-changer or agent of the awful status quo?
  Nick Gillespie
  November 6, 2008
• "Do Libertarians Fit in a Liberal World?"
  And if they do, are they still libertarians?
  Todd Seavey
  November 5, 2008
• Obama's Economic Mythology
  Is the middle class really in decline?
  Steve Chapman
  October 30, 2008
• You Choose, You Lose
  What happens when the two evils are pretty much equal?
  Jacob Sullum
  October 29, 2008
• Too Big to Fail
  Government should send the message that no more bailouts are coming
  Anthony Randazzo
  October 28, 2008
• "Perfect Storm" Could Accelerate Privatization Trends
  MuniNet Guide Interview with Reason's Leonard Gilroy
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 24, 2008
• Just Say 'No' to More Bond Debt
  Voters have to supply the fiscal restraint Sacramento lacks
  Adam Summers
  October 23, 2008
• Obama's Job Fetish
  Beware any politician who promises to create new jobs
  Jacob Sullum
  October 22, 2008
• The End of Libertarianism and Other Adventures in Financial Policy Fantasy
  Don't blame free markets for the current panic
  Jeffrey Miron
  October 21, 2008
• Don't Count the Private Sector Out in Infrastructure
  Infrastructure PPPs remain an attractive investment in the capital "flight to quality"
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 21, 2008
• The Rise of Disaster Socialism
  I've seen the past...and it works
  Michael C. Moynihan
  October 20, 2008
• Financial Losses Seen and Unseen
  The bailout and the broken window
  Anthony Randazzo
  October 17, 2008
• The Three Major Memes of the Great Bailout Bonanza
  What to expect now that free markets have been thoroughly vilified
  Nick Gillespie
  October 15, 2008
• Either a Borrower or a Lender Be
  Under John McCain's mortgage plan, you'd better not be a taxpayer
  Jacob Sullum
  October 15, 2008
• Not as Bad as You Thought
  Why Paul Krugman deserved the Nobel Prize
  Arnold Kling
  October 13, 2008
• Rescue or Waste?
  Why the bailout isn't working
  Steve Chapman
  October 9, 2008
• Building a Better Bailout
  How Washington could have helped the market at no cost to taxpayers. And what it should do if it's hell-bent on spending $700 billion.
  Philippe Lacoude and Veronique de Rugy
  October 8, 2008
• Pick Your Populism
  Learning to fight the right elites
  Jacob Sullum
  October 8, 2008
• Economy in the Balance
  How the bailout is polluting our financial future
  Anthony Randazzo
  October 2, 2008
• Christmas in October
  The secret history of the bailout bill
  Michael Flynn
  October 2, 2008
• What Would Mises Do?
  Confessions of a free-market, anti-bailout operator
  Matt Kibbe
  October 2, 2008
• The Roots of the Crisis
  How did Wall Street get into this mess?
  Michael Flynn
  October 1, 2008
• Does It Take a Panic to Stop a Panic?
  The Wall Street bailout and the perils of bipartisanship
  Jacob Sullum
  October 1, 2008
• An Expert-Induced Bubble
  The nasty role of ratings agencies in the busted housing market
  Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy
  September 30, 2008
• Bailout Burns
  The Bush Administration and Democrats in Congress were left palming their faces in frustrated defeat. But the crisis hasn't disappeared yet, and neither has the bailout.
  Anthony Randazzo
  September 30, 2008
• Why Paulson is Wrong
  Saving capitalism from the capitalists
  Luigi Zingales
  September 29, 2008
• Beg, Borrow, or Steal
  Why the bailout is a terrible idea
  Steve Chapman
  September 29, 2008
• Five Questions About the Short-Selling Ban
  The government's only answer: Shut up, we're in charge!
  Brian Doherty
  September 26, 2008
• Defaming Milton Friedman
  Naomi Klein's disastrous yet popular polemic against the great free market economist
  Johan Norberg
  September 26, 2008
• The Great Bailout Brouhaha
  Free market economists weigh in on Paulson's plan
  September 25, 2008
• Bailout Bums
  Libertarian-minded Republicans are caught with their pants down as Wall Street panics the Capital City
  David Weigel
  September 25, 2008
• Hank Paulson's Countdown to Armageddon
  How the Chicken Little treasurer is nationalizing the U.S. economy
  Tim Cavanaugh
  September 25, 2008
• The Case Against the Bailout
  Why the government shouldn't save businesses from their bad choices
  Steve Chapman
  September 25, 2008
• Corporatism, Not Capitalism
  The free market has nothing to do with the current crisis
  Radley Balko
  September 24, 2008
• No More Bailouts!
  Congress should unleash the private sector to address the current financial meltdown
  Anthony Randazzo
  September 23, 2008
• Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Were Never Privatized
  Government-sponsored enterprises dealt with risk and profit differently
  Anthony Randazzo and Samuel Staley
  September 18, 2008
• What's So Republican About These Economics
  "Reform" night didn't really mention any McCain reforms, but it did celebrate economic incoherence
  Matt Welch
  September 4, 2008
• Everything New Democrat Is Old Again
  The Third Way has become the Third Rail, but have the Dems really abandoned the free market?
  Tim Cavanaugh
  August 28, 2008
• Banking on Big Changes
  Will the next president use the U.S. Treasury to refloat lending? Signs point to yes.
  Jeff Taylor
  August 28, 2008
• Obama and Big Government
  Should libertarians fear the Democratic nominee?
  Steve Chapman
  August 28, 2008
• Rx for Economic Pain
  It's time to face some uncomfortable truths
  Steve Chapman
  August 4, 2008
• The Unfortunate Case of Herbert Spencer
  How a libertarian individualist was recast as a social Darwinist
  Damon W. Root
  July 29, 2008
• The Pursuit of Happiness
  How economic liberty creates personal fulfillment
  Steve Chapman
  July 3, 2008

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