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Developments in Local Government Privatization
Annual Privatization Report 2013 examines local government privatization trends
May 6, 2013Harris Kenny, Adam Summers, Steven Titch
This section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013 provides an overview of the latest on privatization and public-private partnerships in local government. Topics include:
A. Mayor Emanuel Establishes Chicago Infrastructure Trust
B. Public-Private Partnerships for Parking Assets
C. Yonkers, New York Pursuing Innovative School Partnership Approach
D. City of Austin Releases Surprising Outsourcing Study
E. Georgia Contract Cities Continue to Evolve
F. Finding New Ways to Provide Parks and Recreation Amenities
G. Water and Wastewater Privatization Update
H. Solid Waste Collection Update
I. Non-Profit Partnerships for Animal Shelters Grow
J. ANALYSIS: Is Managed Competition Dead in San Diego?
K. ANALYSIS: San Diego, San Jose Lead the Way in Local Pension Reform
L. ANALYSIS: Despite Glossy Reports, Muni Broadband is Still a Net Money Loser
M. Local Government Privatization News and Notes
» Return to Annual Privatization Report 2013 homepage
Living in Operatic Times
On Estonia, it looks like the Krugmanloons were wrong and President Ilves was right
April 25, 2013The operatic scale of the financial crisis that has engulfed the world since 2007 has finally been recognised. April 7 sees the premiere, in Talinn, of Nostra Culpa, a 16 minute opera inspired by a “Twitter feud” in which Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves denounced New York Times pontificator Paul Krugman for asserting that Estonia’s response to the crisis had not been a success.
Federal Privatization Update
Annual Privatization Report examines privatization and public-private partnership trends at the federal level
April 15, 2013Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo, Steven Titch, Victor Nava
The federal section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013 provides an overview of the latest on federal government privatization and public-private partnerships. Topics include:
A. BCFC Outlines $795 Billion in Federal Budget Savings
B. Congress Takes on Postal Service Reform—Again
D. ANALYSIS: Google, Facebook, Antitrust and the “Public Good”
E. ANALYSIS: Private Sector is Best-Positioned to Lead Cybersecurity Policy
F. ANALYSIS: Privatization of Financial Regulation is Not Impossible
» Return to Annual Privatization Report 2013 homepage
ANALYSIS: Privatization of Financial Regulation is Not Impossible
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
April 15, 2013This subsection of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization details miscellaneous news and notes from the privatization of federal government services.
How Obama’s Plan to Encourage Homeownership Will Hurt the Poor the Most
April 3, 2013, 5:33pmThe Obama administration is concerned that even in the midst of the housing market’s recovery, many young people and people with bad credit can’t borrow money to buy homes. Yes, this sounds eerily similar to the policies that helped create the housing bubble in the first place. And yes, while ensuring that homes loans are available to all borrowers is a well-intentioned plan to help low-income families, it will likely hurt them.
Economy Declined as Government Spending Rose
February 28, 2013, 11:17amIn the wake of stunning news that the U.S. economy shrunk by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2012, prominent media outlets and commentators are reporting that lower government spending is the cause of the decline. In reality, however, government spending rose by 0.8%, and the claim that it fell stems from a federal report that defines "government spending" so narrowly that it excludes 47% of all government spending.
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- Living in Operatic Times
On Estonia, it looks like the Krugmanloons were wrong and President Ilves was right
Julian Morris
April 25, 2013 - ANALYSIS: Privatization of Financial Regulation is Not Impossible
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
Anthony Randazzo and Victor Nava
April 15, 2013 - Ahead of the Curve Issue No. 14: The Economic Mess of the Recovery Act
Happy birthday to the stimulus
Anthony Randazzo
February 26, 2013 - California Must Reform Tax Code to Spur Economic Growth
State Should Eliminate Special-Interest Tax Breaks, Lower Business Taxes for All
Adam Summers and Jon Coupal
February 11, 2013 - Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt California Economy
Long Beach is now suffering the unintended consequences of minimum wage laws
Adam Summers
February 1, 2013 - Reducing Federal Spending is the Only Permanent Fiscal Fix
The fiscal cliff deal took a step backwards on spending reform
Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
January 4, 2013 - The Bank of England’s Flawed Approach to Monetary Policy
Central banks lack both the power and the knowledge needed to deliver stable growth.
Tom Clougherty
January 3, 2013 - Eliminate Individual and Corporate Tax Deductions
Getting rid of deductions would allow taxes to be lower and fairer
Julian Morris
December 23, 2012 - Why Colorado’s Marijuana Legalization Initiative Could Be In Vain
State policymakers need to develop sensible marijuana regulations, not destructive ones.
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
December 14, 2012 - It's Time To Shut Down the Federal Housing Administration
Congress needs to start phasing out the insolvent FHA now, or it is possible taxpayers could be on the hook for yet another massive bailout in 2013
Anthony Randazzo
December 7, 2012 - Obama's Biggest Economic Challenge in 2013
Consumer Debt Creating an Economic Catch-22 in the President's Second Term
Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
November 12, 2012 - The Challenge of Private Debt For the Post-Election Economy
Obama will face slow private debt deleveraging that will hamper economic growth for at least the next few years
Anthony Randazzo
November 9, 2012 - America Is Still Hurtling Towards the Fiscal Cliff
It’s time to bring meaningful reforms to America’s unaffordable and outdated entitlement programs.
Tom Clougherty
November 6, 2012 - Thinking about Foreclosures and the Fauxcovery
What housing data you should look for in the coming months
Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
October 24, 2012 - New BLS Data Add to Bad Labor Market Story
Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
October 12, 2012 - Obama and Romney Ignored Housing and Debt
President Obama and Gov. Romney keep saying they want America to get back to work, and yet they continue to ignore the biggest obstacles to economic recovery: housing market and private debt
Anthony Randazzo
October 5, 2012 - Violent Protests Mar Draghi and the ECB's False Narrative
Protests in Spain and Greece have shattered the narrative set by the ECB
Anthony Randazzo
September 28, 2012 - How Quantitative Easing Helps the Rich and Soaks the Rest of Us
And why the Occupy movement should be up in arms
Anthony Randazzo
September 17, 2012 - Presidential Debates Should Include Budget Plan Truth
The two candidates for president are not that far apart on federal spending
Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
September 13, 2012 - Don't Believe the Near-Term Housing Data...
...we've not reached a bottom of the market yet
Anthony Randazzo
September 1, 2012 - Does the Paul Ryan Choice Ensure a Real Housing Debate?
Weighing the records of Obama-Biden and Romney-Ryan
Samuel Staley and Anthony Randazzo
August 17, 2012 - Private Debt Is Crippling the Economy
There won't be a recovery until credit card and household debt levels come down
Anthony Randazzo
August 10, 2012 - High Debt Levels Are Preventing Recovery
Household aggregate debt remains very high on rising consumer credit levels, and this is a significant problem for economic growth
Anthony Randazzo
July 27, 2012 - California Is Ground Zero for Muni Bankruptcies
When will lawmakers start rethinking how municipalities should operate?
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
July 26, 2012 - Fate of Sales Taxes for Online Purchases
Why lawmakers should rethink the Marketplace Fairness Act
Steven Titch
July 23, 2012 - Americans Resort to Plastic Safety Nets
Americans are starting to borrow once again, they're doing so at an unexpectedly high level, but it's for all the wrong reasons
Victor Nava and Anthony Randazzo
July 20, 2012 - The Fed's Harmful Monetary Policy
From a long-term perspective, the Federal Reserve is doing more harm than good right now to economic stability
Anthony Randazzo
July 18, 2012 - The Economics of America's Crony Society
How crony capitalism undermines economic growth and innovation
Julian Morris
July 12, 2012 - Cities Taking Mortgages with Eminent Domain is a Bad Idea
Both Robert Shiller and city officials in San Bernardino County should reconsider their support for condemning underwater mortgages
Anthony Randazzo
July 6, 2012 - Local, State Governments' Assets Causing Budgetary Pains
Why all levels of government should apply the "Yellow Pages Test" to its activities
Leonard Gilroy and John Palatiello
July 3, 2012 - Eminent Domain to "Condemn" Underwater Mortgages: Another Bad Idea
Exploring the debate over principal reduction
Anthony Randazzo
June 29, 2012 - To Help Fix Housing, Disclose Mortgage Addresses
Mortgage investors should have the same privilege as banks
Marc Joffe and Anthony Randazzo
June 24, 2012 - Private Sector, Local Governments Find Investment Opportunities in Municipal Parking Assets
Chicago, Indianapolis unlock value trapped in a neglected treasure
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
June 22, 2012 - 4 Reasons Why the Housing Market Still Hasn't Recovered
Sometimes leading indicators are deceiving
Anthony Randazzo
June 18, 2012 - Highway Construction As Stimulus? Not So Fast
Why more stimulus spending won't keep the American economy out of recession
June 15, 2012 - Europe's Economic Troubles Have Worldwide Impact
How the U.S. can escape the pending economic black hole
Julian Morris
June 7, 2012 - Is There An E-Commerce Bubble In Turkey?
The Turkish government should consider carefully whether it is a wise course of action to continue investing in technology startups.
Anthony Randazzo
May 31, 2012 - States and Cities Going Private With Infrastructure Investment
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
May 24, 2012 - High Unemployment the New Normal
The headline unemployment statistics are wrong; unemployment is higher than 8.1 percent and it will be for a while
Anthony Randazzo
May 14, 2012 - How to Restore Trust in Mortgage-Backed Securities
Perpetuating government control of housing finance in today’s era of high deficits is unaffordable
Anthony Randazzo and Marc Joffe
May 10, 2012 - How to Reduce the Government's Trillions In Housing Credit Risk
New ideas for the mortgage reform debate
Anthony Randazzo and Marc Joffe
May 7, 2012 - Tax Incentive Program is a Misguided Attempt to Create Jobs
Senate Bill 124 would set loose a broken program that should be reined in.
Harris Kenny
April 28, 2012 - Tidequistadors In Search of Sound Money
A laundry soap has developed as much legitimacy as the dollar to serve as currency, what's going on?
Anthony Randazzo
April 9, 2012 - Get the Government Out of Solar
Adam Peshek
March 29, 2012 - The MBS Investor's Case Against the Mortgage Settlement
It is understandable that MBS investors are upset about this, but do they have a case in court?
Anthony Randazzo
March 26, 2012 - No, This Is Not a Housing Recovery
Anyone who says we are in the midst of a housing recovery is wrong
Anthony Randazzo
March 23, 2012 - Financial Crisis Theories Reviewed Series: Peter Wallison Interview, Part 3
The SEC’s lawsuit, Dodd-Frank, and the economic slump
Anthony Randazzo
March 12, 2012 - Americans Don't Benefit From Fed Inflated Asset Prices
The Wealth Demographics of Misdirected Monetary Policy
James Groth
March 9, 2012 - Financial Crisis Theories Reviewed Series: Peter Wallison Interview, Part 2
Alternate theories of the crisis
Anthony Randazzo
March 7, 2012 - The Euro Isn't the Problem, but Europe Is
What actually ails Europe is bloated government bureaucracy, over-regulation, and unfunded pension and healthcare obligations
Julian Morris
March 5, 2012 - Financial Crisis Theories Reviewed Series: Peter Wallison Interview, Part 1
Housing policy’s role in the crisis
Anthony Randazzo
February 29, 2012 - A Highly Unjust Mortgage Settlement
Whatever justice may appear to have resulted from banks shelling out a few billion dollars, it should not come at the expense of those mortgage investors or taxpayers who did nothing wrong or the economy at large.
Anthony Randazzo
February 27, 2012 - When Greece Defaults
The second European bailout of Greece agreed to this week is just delaying the inevitable.
Anthony Randazzo
February 24, 2012 - A Robo-Signing Deal That Has Almost Nothing to Do with Robo-Signing
How robo-signing victims got the short end of the stick
Anthony Randazzo
February 16, 2012 - Picture This: Film Tax Credits Demonstrably Wasteful, Ineffective
As most states wind down film tax credits, Colorado might expand them.
Harris Kenny
February 14, 2012 - What Has Ben Bernanke Done For You Lately?
Why the Federal Reserve’s Policies Aren’t Helping a Majority of Americans
James Groth
February 8, 2012 - Obama's Next Bailout
Home flippers get a sweetheart deal from the government.
Anthony Randazzo
February 6, 2012 - The Fed’s Unstable Housing Reform Foundation
A critique of the ideas in the housing policy white paper the Federal Reserve should not have written
Anthony Randazzo
January 18, 2012 - Government Loans Bring Trouble
Denver officials gambling with taxpayer money on dubious urban renewal initiatives.
Harris Kenny
January 6, 2012 - Chicago Crosses the Line In Trying to Maintain Property Values
Banks that comply with Chicago's new law may be liable for burglary, trespassing, or similar crimes.
Anthony Randazzo
January 6, 2012 - Government Revenue Trends in 2009
Ahead of the Curve: Do state and local governments really have a revenue problem?
Anthony Randazzo and Harris Kenny
December 27, 2011 - Surveying the State of Global Freedom
In 2010, the world stalled on the road to democracy
Steve Chapman
December 23, 2011 - Congress Plays Charades with Insider Trading
STOCK Act gives appearance of crackdown but achieves little
James Groth
December 20, 2011 - How Economic Freedom Can Ensure an Arab Autumn
Lack of political representation is merely a symptom of the fundamental lack of economic freedom in Arab countries
Hicham El Moussaoui
December 14, 2011 - Trillion Dollar Bailouts Equal Crony Capitalism
The Federal Reserve was supposed to be a lender of last resort, not an ATM for Wall Street.
Anthony Randazzo
December 12, 2011 - Detroit Needs a Regime Change
The Motor City must be liberated from its moribund government if it is going to survive.
Shikha Dalmia
December 6, 2011 - How Government Props Up Big Finance
The financial industry has grown large on the backs of government handouts, manipulated regulation, and taxpayer bailouts
Anthony Randazzo and Marc Joffe
November 28, 2011 - The Fannie and Freddie Conservatorship Cannot Last Forever
Time to end the taxpayer guarantee of mortgage investors
Anthony Randazzo and Christopher Papagianis
November 14, 2011 - Consumers to Dick Durbin, Walmart: Thanks for the New Banking Fees!
As banks conjure up ways to make up for their federally imposed losses, the retail industry is sitting silently on the sidelines enjoying an estimated $7 billion in increased revenue from the transaction fee limitations
James Groth and Anthony Randazzo
November 10, 2011 - Liberal Programs Deserve Blame for Income Inequality
The Congressional Budget Office documents income gains for everyone, not just the wealthy.
Shikha Dalmia
November 8, 2011 - The Impact of Fannie and Freddie's Loan Limits
How might increasing the conforming loan limit impact the housing market?
Anthony Randazzo
November 7, 2011 - Don't Mind the Gap
What matters is income mobility, not income inequality.
Shikha Dalmia
November 1, 2011 - Stop Mortgage Investor Bailouts
An open letter to Occupy Wall Street
Anthony Randazzo
October 21, 2011 - The Upper-Class Entitlement
It’s time to end the mortgage interest deduction.
Anthony Randazzo and Dean Stansel
October 18, 2011 - A Messy Story
Book Review: How the financial system lost its way
James Groth
October 11, 2011 - Unions: The Cause of Michigan's Malaise
The Great Lakes state's burgeoning right-to-work movement is a backlash against aggressive union demands.
Shikha Dalmia
September 27, 2011 - Did Fannie Mae Bail Out Bank of America?
Fannie Mae agreed to buy the mortgage servicing rights of a portfolio of loans from BofA, but the purchase price is unknown because absolutely no one is talking
Anthony Randazzo
September 14, 2011 - Letter to SEC Regarding Assigned Ratings
An assigned ratings system is well-intentioned, but is highly vulnerable to unintended consequences
Anthony Randazzo
September 14, 2011 - The Jobs Speech Obama Should Give
AOTC: Solving unemployment requires stripping away unnecessary regulations, encouraging entrepreneurs, and restructuring the American economy.
Anthony Randazzo
September 8, 2011 - An Economic Lesson from 9/11
How capitalism helped save lower Manhattan
Ira Stoll
September 6, 2011 - Obama's Jobs Program: If the Choice is Between "Go Big or Go Home," Start Packing Now.
Rhetoric, reality, and the Great Recession
Nick Gillespie
September 1, 2011 - Trading Fertility for Prosperity
Good news about trade from the dismal science
Ronald Bailey
August 30, 2011 - Damn This Recession!
The rise of the unemployees
Tim Cavanaugh
August 29, 2011 - Hurricane Irene and the Financial Crisis
Two disasters, partially of the government's own making
Ira Stoll
August 29, 2011 - Almost Everything We're Taught Is Wrong
Using economics to explode fallacies
John Stossel
August 25, 2011 - The Fed's QE Makes Life Difficult
How quantitative easing is helping investors but hurting households
James Groth and Anthony Randazzo
August 25, 2011 - Broken Windows Around the World
The day after the East Coast earthquake, Bastiat's glazier is busy.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
August 24, 2011 - China Derangement Syndrome
Once again, an economic yellow peril is exaggerated.
Ronald Bailey
August 23, 2011 - Rick Perry: Economic Wizard?
The truth about job creation and government spending in the Lone Star state
Shikha Dalmia
August 23, 2011 - The Persistence of Fiscal Fantasy
It's time to get serious about government spending.
Steve Chapman
August 22, 2011 - Rick Perry’s Superficial Extremism
The Texas governor’s record doesn’t live up to his rhetoric.
Peter Suderman
August 19, 2011 - Ending a Failed Social Policy
A Case for Dropping the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Anthony Randazzo and Dean Stansel
August 19, 2011 - How Long Will It Take Keynes to Die?
You won't find out by reading America's newspaper of record.
Tim Cavanaugh
August 17, 2011 - Obama's Department of Failed Ideas
The White House struggles against economic reality.
David Harsanyi
August 17, 2011 - Nixon's Big Government Legacy
Remembering Richard Nixon's wage and price controls
Gene Healy
August 16, 2011 - The Riot Act
The media demonizes the Tea Party while making excuses for the British rioters.
A. Barton Hinkle
August 15, 2011 - Why Obama Looks So Bad
It's the economy, stupid.
Steve Chapman
August 15, 2011 - What Would You Do to Improve Job Growth?
Reason asks economists, writers, and wonks for real ways to increase job growth
Bryan Caplan, Jeffrey Miron, Allan Meltzer, Walter Olson, Alex Tabarrok, Lucy Steigerwald, Robert Higgs, Amity Shlaes, Donald J. Boudreaux, Bruce Bartlett, John Berlau, Ira Stoll, Peter Schiff, Fred Smith, Deirdre McCloskey and John Stossel
August 12, 2011 - The High Cost of Low Fuel Bills
New efficiency standards for cars may cost lives
John Stossel
August 11, 2011 - Michele Bachmann Finds Fortune's Favor
At least one person is happy about the downgrade
Steve Chapman
August 11, 2011 - Two Types of Crazy
The downgrade of America's credit rating reveals the nation's long-term fiscal insanity.
Peter Suderman
August 10, 2011 - Conflict Oil or Canadian Oil?
A second dispatch from Alberta's oil sands.
Ronald Bailey
August 10, 2011 - Fiscal Hawks vs. Defense Hawks
The potential defense cuts in the debt deal spell the beginning of the end of the neoconservative military agenda
Shikha Dalmia
August 9, 2011 - Moody’s Sounds the Alarm on Student Borrowing
Mike Riggs
August 5, 2011 - The Myth of the Middle Class Mortgage Deduction
The mortgage interest deduction no longer primarily benefits the middle class
Anthony Randazzo
August 5, 2011 - The War of the Debt-Ceiling Analogies
Politicians quibble while real disaster looms
Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie
August 4, 2011 - Balancing the Budget
It's time to get serious about cutting government spending.
John Stossel
August 4, 2011 - Do the Terrorists Win If We Balance the Budget?
The debt ceiling debate takes an ugly turn.
David Harsanyi
August 3, 2011 - Kinda Cuts
Where are these government-slashing Republicans I keep hearing about?
Jacob Sullum
August 3, 2011 - Reviewing Geithner's Financial Reform Principles Regarding Dodd-Frank
A year has gone by since the Treasury Secretary unfurled his plan, and it is clear that regulators cannot walk Geithner's talk
James Groth and Anthony Randazzo
August 3, 2011 - The Falling Middle Class Deduction
AOTC: Most of the benefits of the mortgage interest deduction are no longer for the middle class
Anthony Randazzo
August 2, 2011 - Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
The real political debate is between optimists and pessimists.
Ira Stoll
August 1, 2011 - Washington's Budget Theater
Spending cuts and the debt
Steve Chapman
August 1, 2011 - The Facts About Spending Cuts, the Debt, and the GDP
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
July 29, 2011 - Why Are People "Irrationally" Generous to Strangers?
New research finds that nice guys tend to finish first.
Ronald Bailey
July 26, 2011 - Is the Tea Party Crazy or Just Nuts?
The media praises far-left politicians while demonizing advocates of limited government.
A. Barton Hinkle
July 26, 2011 - The Coming Autopocalypse
The Obama administration's proposed CAFE rules declare a war on cars
Shikha Dalmia
July 26, 2011 - Five Facts About the Debt
Setting the economic record straight.
Ira Stoll
July 25, 2011 - Tim Pawlenty's Illusion of Dullness
The former Minnesota governor has a solid conservative record.
Steve Chapman
July 25, 2011 - No Healthy Deals
Why are Washington’s debt dealmakers ignoring fundamental entitlement reform?
Peter Suderman
July 22, 2011 - A Businessman for President?
Herman Cain aims for the White House.
John Stossel
July 21, 2011 - The Real Effects of Gambling
Don't believe the hype. The epidemic of pathological gambling is hugely exaggerated.
Steve Chapman
July 21, 2011 - Good Idea, Wrong Time
The trouble with the debt ceiling debate
David Harsanyi
July 20, 2011 - The Eternal Fallout Shelter
We’re still living in the wake left by Cold War civil defense hysteria.
Greg Beato
July 20, 2011 - Sneak Surrender
McConnell's "Plan B" is a humiliating abdication of legislative responsibility.
Jacob Sullum
July 20, 2011 - The Facts About the Debt Ceiling
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
July 18, 2011 - The Failure of Quantitative Easing
A perfect storm brews on the economic horizon while the Fed looks the other way.
Anthony Randazzo and James Groth
July 15, 2011 - Sports vs. Social Justice
Does Derek Jeter really deserve to earn millions of dollars?
A. Barton Hinkle
July 15, 2011 - The Red/Blue Paradox
Why do liberal states give while conservative states take?
Veronique de Rugy
July 14, 2011 - Cut the Debt By Cutting Government
The first Reason-Rupe Poll shows a country more radical than its politicians.
July 12, 2011 - The Day Everything Continued to Change
An overlooked lesson of 9/11: America’s strength is based on dynamism.
Matt Welch
July 11, 2011 - The Overhyped Defense Cuts
Don't expect the Pentagon to shrink just because we're being buried in debt.
Steve Chapman
July 11, 2011 - A New Blueprint for Recovery
AOTC: What Ails the Economy Today and What to Do About Fixing Tomorrow
Anthony Randazzo
July 8, 2011 - Five Uncomfortable Facts About the Wonderful, Horrible Debt-Limit Debate
Don't believe the hype. And it's all hype.
Nick Gillespie
July 8, 2011 - The Price of Big Government
Do the benefits ever outweigh the costs?
A. Barton Hinkle
July 8, 2011 - The Stimulus Was a Success
...unless you wanted it to stimulate anything.
Tim Cavanaugh
July 7, 2011 - The Turkish Model and Jasmine Revolution
Turkey is not a perfect blueprint for Arab nations seeking reform
Amanda L. Patterson and Anthony Randazzo
July 7, 2011 - Driving to Delusionville
Obama’s former auto czar is in deep denial about the government’s failed bailout
Shikha Dalmia
July 5, 2011 - Give Peace a Chance
Why does the media keep downplaying the violence at left-wing protests?
A. Barton Hinkle
July 5, 2011 - Free Trade, Without Apologies
The benefits of unfettered global capitalism
Steve Chapman
July 4, 2011 - Stimulus to Nowhere
The failure of Obama's economic agenda
Steve Chapman
June 30, 2011 - The Debt Ceiling Walks the Red Carpet
If Congress and the president can't agree on spending cuts, they should consider ending Fannie and Freddie in exchange for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling.
Anthony Randazzo and Satya Thallam
June 27, 2011 - The Facts about American Prisons
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
June 24, 2011 - The Unseen Effects of the Stimulus
Did the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act destroy jobs or create them?
A. Barton Hinkle
June 24, 2011 - The Return of E-Verify
State governments embrace a dangerous employment verification database.
Mike Riggs
June 23, 2011 - The Obsolete Alliance
Has NATO outlived its usefulness?
Steve Chapman
June 20, 2011 - Why Not Let Prices and Wages Fall?
Bernanke's sophisticated surgical tools keep making the patient worse
Tim Cavanaugh
June 17, 2011 - Spend More, Save More
Can Medicare save money by giving patients cash?
Peter Suderman
June 16, 2011 - The Money Hole
Is it too late to get America out of debt? Not if we stop spending and follow the examples set by Puerto Rico and Canada.
John Stossel
June 16, 2011 - Less Time, Less Crime
Conservatives lead a movement toward “tough and smart” sentencing policies.
Julie Stewart
June 15, 2011 - Unfair Labor Practices
Boeing gets hauled before the National Labor Relations Board for opening a new plant in a business-friendly state
Damon W. Root
June 15, 2011 - Renters are Fiscally Responsible Too
Three reasons renting should be a part of the American Dream
Anthony Randazzo
June 14, 2011 - Obama and the Pursuit of Endless War
There's nothing humble about the president's foreign policy.
Steve Chapman
June 13, 2011 - The Facts about the Alternative Minimum Tax
Separating economic myths from economic realities
Veronique de Rugy
June 10, 2011 - Affordable Housing Means Your House Is Worth Less
Consumer advocates have their priorities backwards.
Anthony Randazzo
June 9, 2011 - The Cancer of Government Regulation
How occupational licensing laws hurt the poor
John Stossel
June 9, 2011 - Ron Paul’s Radical Vision
The libertarian Republican warns of impending disaster, reaches out to the left, and prepares for a presidential campaign.
Brian Doherty
June 9, 2011 - Prison Math
What are the costs and benefits of leading the world in locking up human beings?
Veronique de Rugy
June 8, 2011 - The Myths About Legalized Gambling
New casinos won't fix economic woes.
Steve Chapman
June 6, 2011 - The Facts about the Government’s Medicare Cost Projections
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
June 3, 2011 - Hayek in Tuscaloosa
How talk radio, local churches, and concerned citizens spontaneously organized to help tornado victims
David Beito
June 3, 2011 - Government Against Blacks
How the state perpetuates poverty
John Stossel
June 2, 2011 - "Buy American" Is Un-American
We need more competition in the auto industry, not less.
David Harsanyi
June 1, 2011 - Dollar Store Nation
What the success of the dollar store says about the American economy
Greg Beato
May 26, 2011 - Battle of the Budgets
Is it too late to get America off the road to bankruptcy?
John Stossel
May 26, 2011 - General Motors Will Never Repay Taxpayers
Obama's spin on GM's latest profit report is pure baloney
Shikha Dalmia
May 24, 2011 - The Facts About Social Security
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
May 20, 2011 - Dear Congress, Your Credit Application Has Been Turned Down
Why should the American people keep extending credit to Capitol Hill?
A. Barton Hinkle
May 20, 2011 - The Facts About Gold
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
May 16, 2011 - Fair Tax Fouls
What’s good and bad in Huckabee and Cain’s favorite proposal
Tim Cavanaugh
May 16, 2011 - A Labor Strike Against Economic Reality
The government's pro-union campaign against Boeing.
Steve Chapman
May 16, 2011 - Is Inflation Making a Comeback?
The Federal Reserve isn't likely to repeat past mistakes.
Steve Chapman
May 12, 2011 - Environmentalists Were For Fracking Before They Were Against It
Shale gas is still the bridge fuel to a low-carbon energy future.
Ronald Bailey
May 10, 2011 - Ugly Modeling
Will spending cuts ruin or improve America’s economy?
Veronique de Rugy
May 10, 2011 - The Facts About the Corporate Income Tax
Separating economic myths from economic truths.
Veronique de Rugy
May 6, 2011 - Gas Prices and the Market
The government's war on speculators won't make gasoline any cheaper.
John Stossel
May 5, 2011 - Advocates Calling for More Transportation Spending Need to See the Big Budget Picture
The national debt and deficits at all levels of government mean the landscape for infrastructure funding has changed significantly
Robert Poole
May 4, 2011 - Bin Laden and the Budget Debate
Will the Al Qaeda leader's death impact the unfolding political battles over defense spending and the debt ceiling?
Anthony Randazzo
May 4, 2011 - The Cost of Getting Bin Laden
Lost lives, lost dollars, and lost liberty
Andrea Millen Rich
May 4, 2011 - Our Imaginary Debt Ceiling
Political posturing trumps economic sense.
David Harsanyi
May 4, 2011 - “No Nation Was Ever Ruined By Trade”
More trade means more jobs.
Ronald Bailey
May 3, 2011 - A Pragmatic Champion of Liberty
Gary Johnson's cross-political appeal will help both the country and the liberty movement.
Shikha Dalmia
May 3, 2011 - Reason-Rupe Poll: 96% Worry About Federal Debt, 74% Want Spending Cap...
And 80% would consider independent/third party candidate in 2012
Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg
May 3, 2011 - Ron Paul Explores the 2012 Presidential Race
An interview with the libertarian congressman on the cusp of another GOP presidential run
Brian Doherty
April 28, 2011 - Government Creates Poverty
Freedom leads to prosperity.
John Stossel
April 28, 2011 - Man vs. the State
Economist Walter E. Williams reflects on his long career battling Jim Crow, big government, and liberal orthodoxy.
Damon W. Root
April 28, 2011 - Taking Taxpayers for a Ride
The trouble with Obama’s Department of Transportation
Steve Chapman
April 28, 2011 - “If you focus on the deficit, then tax increases are on the table.”
Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist on why deficits are a distraction, why Republicans shouldn’t compromise on the budget, and why low taxes are the key to cutting spending.
Peter Suderman
April 27, 2011 - The Myth of Homeownership Wealth Creation
AOTC: Homeownership is a decent savings account that grows with inflation, but it is not a wealth builder as many believe
Anthony Randazzo
April 26, 2011 - The Truth About Taxes and Redistribution
Do the rich pay their fair share?
Veronique de Rugy
April 22, 2011 - The Jubjub Hole
With apologies to Dr. Seuss
A. Barton Hinkle
April 22, 2011 - A Whole Foods Fight in Boston
Grad students and hipsters protest the organic market, but many Latino residents are happy about the new shopping option and the jobs.
Michael C. Moynihan
April 19, 2011 - Commit Yourself
Self-control in the age of abundance
Daniel Akst
April 18, 2011 - The Fate of the Mortgage Monsters
A great diagnosis of Fannie and Freddie, a weak prescription
Anthony Randazzo
April 18, 2011 - The Truth About Health Care Reform and the Economy
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
April 15, 2011 - Not So Stagnant
Are the good times really over for good?
Brink Lindsey
April 15, 2011 - Canadian lessons from Fannie & Freddie
The CMHC controls roughly 70% of the mortgage insurance market — covering approximately $519-billion worth of assets
Jesse Kline
April 14, 2011 - Welcome Budget Talk
What Paul Ryan's plan gets right—and wrong
John Stossel
April 14, 2011 - Debt Wrong
Obama bets that the government can save itself.
Peter Suderman
April 14, 2011 - Who's the Extremist?
Why are liberals demonizing Paul Ryan's budget plan?
David Harsanyi
April 13, 2011 - A Bankrupt Option
States should not be allowed to file for bankruptcy.
Veronique de Rugy
April 12, 2011 - The Truth About Spending Cuts
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
April 8, 2011 - Housing Finance Reform Creeps Forward
After three years of ignoring the mortgage monsters, House Democrats now think Congress is moving too fast to get rid of them.
Anthony Randazzo
April 8, 2011 - Whose Money Is It?
Not all wealth belongs to Washington
A. Barton Hinkle
April 8, 2011 - Reforming Medicare for the Real World
The status quo cannot last.
Steve Chapman
April 7, 2011 - The All-New Failure of the New Economics
Unemployment rates and other useless measurements
Tim Cavanaugh
April 6, 2011 - Paul Ryan's Budget Plan: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Nick Gillespie and Veronique de Rugy
April 6, 2011 - What's Worse Than 'Ruinous'?
Paul Ryan's budget plan deserves a serious response from Democrats.
Jacob Sullum
April 6, 2011 - It's Hard to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future
The new book Future Babble explains why dart-throwing monkeys are better at predicting the future than most pundits.
Ronald Bailey
April 5, 2011 - The Truth About Deficits and the Debt
America needs to cut spending now.
Veronique de Rugy
April 1, 2011 - Oh What a Lovely Budget Item
For a neocon, fiscal restraint stops at the water's edge.
Jesse Walker
April 1, 2011 - Students Who Get It!
College students are rejecting statist dogma and embracing individual liberty
John Stossel
March 31, 2011 - Japan's Nuclear Nationalism
Japan has pushed nuclear energy hard—at the expense of safety
Shikha Dalmia
March 29, 2011 - The Truth About Nuclear Power
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
March 25, 2011 - End Corporate Welfare
Stop giving handouts to big business
John Stossel
March 24, 2011 - A Treasury GSE Management Failure
It is time for Treasury to fulfill it's management responsibility of GSE debt issuances
Anthony Randazzo
March 24, 2011 - The Rosy Scenario System
Optimism won't fix America's fiscal problems.
Peter Suderman
March 23, 2011 - Is the Great Stagnation Real?
In many ways yes, but there is still room for hope and even celebration.
Ronald Bailey
March 22, 2011 - The Triumph of Politics Over Economics
David Stockman on TARP, the Fed, Ronald Reagan, and Ron Paul
Nick Gillespie
March 21, 2011 - The Truth About Hedge Funds and the Financial Crisis
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
March 18, 2011 - A Dysfunctional Fix to a Dysfunctional System
The new mortgage servicing regulation proposals are good for regulators, bad for homeowners.
Anthony Randazzo
March 18, 2011 - The $6 Billion Scam
Jerry Brown’s plan to kill community “redevelopment” is fiscally smart, morally right, and probably doomed.
Tim Cavanaugh
March 17, 2011 - Downgradocalypse 2015
AOTC: How out of control debt could tangibly hurt America
Anthony Randazzo
March 17, 2011 - Resilient Japan
Three lessons from the week's disasters
Jesse Walker
March 16, 2011 - The Truth About the State Pension Crisis
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
March 11, 2011 - 3 Essential Facts About the Current Moment: We're Out of Money, The Public Sector is Overpaid, & We Can't Tax Our Way Out of This.
Nick Gillespie
March 11, 2011 - US Missing Huge Opportunity by Not Opening Up Trade With Turkey
Free trade would mean lower prices on goods here in the US, better opportunities for American companies, as well as increased employment.
Joshua Newell and Anthony Randazzo
March 11, 2011 - Obama's Green-Jobs Fantasy
Don't buy the president's environmental snake oil
John Stossel
March 10, 2011 - The Elmo "Vendetta"
It's time to defund public broadcasting
David Harsanyi
March 9, 2011 - Tiny Cuts, Big Complaints
Republicans and Democrats squabble over crumbs as the layer cake of debt keeps rising.
Jacob Sullum
March 9, 2011 - The State Pension Time Bomb
Poor accounting rules and flagrant irresponsibility have sped up the states’ day of reckoning.
Veronique de Rugy
March 8, 2011 - The Real Lesson from Wisconsin
Public unions have no one but themselves to blame for believing government promises
Shikha Dalmia
March 8, 2011 - Has Anybody Seen Jimmy Carter Lately?
At this point, would America settle for a new 1980s?
Tim Cavanaugh
March 4, 2011 - The Truth About Fannie and Freddie’s Role in the Housing Crisis
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
March 4, 2011 - Housing Finance Reform: The Three Actions Politicians Could Take
It's possible that real reform could take root. But it will be a tricky minefield to cross to get there.
Anthony Randazzo
March 4, 2011 - Stop Crying and Start Cutting
What's wrong with a government shutdown?
David Harsanyi
March 2, 2011 - Evaluating the Nunes Pension Reform Bill
New legislation is a step in the right direction, but more fundamental reforms are needed
Adam Summers
March 1, 2011 - Long Live the American Dream
Why India and China have nothing on America
Shikha Dalmia
March 1, 2011 - State Budget Showdowns
Wisconsin Gov. Walker, New York Gov. Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Christie try to bring public sector pay and benefits under control
February 27, 2011 - No New Taxes in Idaho... Except on Cigarettes
Taxing smokes is not the way to budgetary health
David Godow
February 25, 2011 - The Truth About Obama's 2012 Budget
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
February 25, 2011 - The Golden State Is Made of Lead
Pollyannas say we’ll all be going back to Cali. I don’t think so.
Tim Cavanaugh
February 25, 2011 - Why Does Government Suppress Information?
The case for legalizing prediction markets
John Stossel
February 24, 2011 - How Public Employees and Taxpayers Got Scammed
The politicians are the real problem.
Steve Chapman
February 24, 2011 - This Is What a Broke Democracy Looks Like
Wisconsin, Ron Paul, and the obligation to shrink government by any means necessary
Brian Doherty
February 23, 2011 - China’s Beauty Problem
India’s ugly cities are less cruel to their rural migrants than China’s plush ones
Shikha Dalmia
February 23, 2011 - The End of Fannie and Freddie
Obama plan offers Tea Party and GOP a chance to privatize housing market
Anthony Randazzo
February 21, 2011 - The Truth About Housing Prices
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
February 18, 2011 - Time to Write Off the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Congress should take the bold step President Obama didn't on housing subsidies
Anthony Randazzo and Jesse Kline
February 18, 2011 - Farewell, My Lovely
How public pensions killed progressive California
Tim Cavanaugh
February 16, 2011 - Deconsumption Versus Dematerialization
How to protect the environment by doing more with less
Ronald Bailey
February 15, 2011 - The 19 Percent Solution
How to balance the budget without increasing taxes
Veronique de Rugy and Nick Gillespie
February 14, 2011 - Is There a Global Food Crisis?
Prices are rising, but that’s not the whole story.
Veronique de Rugy
February 11, 2011 - Why Obama Wants to Cut Corporate Taxes
Is the president serious about encouraging business?
Steve Chapman
February 10, 2011 - How to Start the Housing Reform Process
Ten ideas to reform mortgage finance in the near-term while laying the ground work for long-term changes
Anthony Randazzo
February 10, 2011 - The Constitutional Liberty We Lost
Legal scholar David Mayer explains why liberty of contract is about more than economics
Brian Doherty
February 9, 2011 - Obama's Crony Capitalism
It's time to separate market and state
David Harsanyi
February 9, 2011 - The Unseen Consequences of "Green Jobs"
Will investing in clean energy harm the economy?
Ronald Bailey
February 8, 2011 - The Truth About the Debt Ceiling
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
February 3, 2011 - Let Your People Go
Egypt’s still screwed up. Should the United States take an interest in the outcome?
Tim Cavanaugh
February 3, 2011 - Let's Balance the Budget
Here's how to reduce the size and scope of government
John Stossel
February 3, 2011 - No Military Immunity
America's bloated defense budget is ripe for cutting.
Jacob Sullum
February 2, 2011 - Demanding Too Much From the Economy
Why demand is not to blame for our ongoing economic lethargy
David Godow
February 1, 2011 - What’s the Matter with Provincetown?
The Democrats’ two years of control delivered zero social liberalism.
Tim Cavanaugh
February 1, 2011 - We Can’t Win the Future By Repeating the Past
Obama's uninspired State of the Union Address
Veronique de Rugy and Nick Gillespie
January 26, 2011 - When Numbers Get Unserious
Are substantial budget cuts automatically "untenable"?
John Stossel
January 26, 2011 - Grading Barack Obama
Libertarian legal scholar Richard Epstein on his former University of Chicago colleague
Nick Gillespie
January 24, 2011 - Fear of a Red Planet
Should we be worried about China?
David Harsanyi
January 24, 2011 - Will the Republicans Cut Government This Time?
It's time for the GOP to walk the walk.
John Stossel
January 20, 2011 - Inoculating Against True Health Care Reform
We can’t all live at the expense of everyone else.
Steve Chapman
January 20, 2011 - Savers Hate America
Ben Bernanke wants you to be a consumption unit. Why are you ignoring him?
Tim Cavanaugh
January 19, 2011 - Obama Isn't Fooling Anyone
The president is no deregulator
David Harsanyi
January 19, 2011 - Same as the Old Boss?
Don't count on the GOP to shrink the size of government
John Stossel
January 13, 2011 - Can We Trust Republicans on Spending?
GOP’s fiscal track record and campaign promises should give us pause
Veronique de Rugy
January 13, 2011 - Please Stop "Helping" Us
How consumer protection laws harm consumers
John Stossel
December 30, 2010 - Penny Reign
America’s least valuable coin endures.
Tim Cavanaugh
December 24, 2010 - Libertarian Support of the Tax Compromise
Why libertarians should be uneasily in support of extending the Bush-era tax laws
Anthony Randazzo
December 16, 2010 - Clause Escape
Are you committing interstate commerce by doing nothing?
Jacob Sullum
December 15, 2010 - The Municipal Debt Bubble
As cities and states boost their debts by 800 percent, a housing-like crisis looms.
Veronique de Rugy
December 14, 2010 - Watching What You Eat
Why has the USDA been plumping up the food stamps program like a factory chicken?
Greg Beato
December 10, 2010 - Why Do the Poor Stay Poor?
Prosperity is impossible without property rights.
John Stossel
December 9, 2010 - And This Is the Thanks Obama Gets?
Progressives abandon the president
David Harsanyi
December 8, 2010 - A Leaner Leviathan
Unfortunately, balancing the federal budget won't require radical change.
Jacob Sullum
December 8, 2010 - How to Balance the Budget Without Raising Taxes
The 19 Percent Solution
Nick Gillespie and Veronique de Rugy
December 5, 2010 - Story Time With David Brooks and Paul Ryan
The wonky legislator and the cerebral columnist battle over the big-government narrative.
Peter Suderman
December 3, 2010 - Congress Forces Millions to Cut Up Their Credit Cards
The changing shape of plastic in America
Katherine Mangu-Ward
December 1, 2010 - The Eleventh Commandment: Punish Free Riders
Religion and the evolutionary origin of cooperation
Ronald Bailey
November 30, 2010 - In Defense of Economic Growth
An interview with Ferraris for All author Daniel Ben-Ami
Katherine Mangu-Ward
November 30, 2010 - Did the Midterms Matter?
A cynical (or realistic) take on the change in D.C. power.
Nick Gillespie
November 29, 2010 - It's About Time We Politicized the Fed
Monetary policy deserves public scrutiny.
David Harsanyi
November 24, 2010 - Rare Earth Ruckus
Are we at the mercy of China's mercantilist mandarins?
Ronald Bailey
November 23, 2010 - Will Republicans Get Serious on Spending?
Don't count on it.
Steve Chapman
November 22, 2010 - What Can Rand Paul Do?
The Tea Party libertarian will likely prove a more effective figurehead than senator.
Brian Doherty
November 19, 2010 - The Sari Doesn't Need Saving
Why globalization is good for this gorgeous Indian outfit
Shikha Dalmia
November 19, 2010 - Going Broke by Fractions of a Percent
Ben Bernanke should stop paying interest on reserves
Tim Cavanaugh
November 18, 2010 - Stimulus: Still Not Working!
Unbelievably, the administration and its allies keep insisting that a failed policy was a success.
Veronique de Rugy
November 16, 2010 - Reach for the Low-Hanging Fruit
It's time to reform Social Security
Veronique de Rugy and Jakina Debnam
November 12, 2010 - Ben Bernanke’s Made-Up Money
With its new round of quantitative easing, the Fed enters uncharted territory.
Peter Suderman
November 11, 2010 - Job-Killing Environmentalists
How the EPA cripples the American economy
Jon Basil Utley
November 10, 2010 - The Great Libertarian Conspiracy
Democrats campaign against people they don’t understand.
Matt Welch
November 8, 2010 - Does ObamaCare Reduce Health Care Spending?
The short answer is no.
Veronique de Rugy
November 5, 2010 - Montana Wants Money for Nothing
When states vote for cheap payday loans, they wind up with no loans at all.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
November 4, 2010 - Entitlement Reform? Not Their Cup of Tea
Tea Party candidates are backing off from serious spending cuts
Shikha Dalmia
November 1, 2010 - In Washington, Division Can Be a Plus
The case for divided government
Steve Chapman
November 1, 2010 - Are We All Friedmanites Now?
The Fed is using Milton Friedman’s theories to justify gigantic interventions in the world market.
Penn Bullock
October 28, 2010 - China Bashing Is for Losers
Trade sanctions won't heal the American economy
Shikha Dalmia
October 26, 2010 - Leaving Taxes or Candy on the Table
Research suggests sin tax projections in Washington will just create a heavier tax burden and leave the state needing to make future cuts
Anthony Randazzo and David Godow
October 25, 2010 - The Eternal Return of Overpopulation
Getting the cause of high fertility backwards.
Ronald Bailey
October 19, 2010 - India Follows China's Sporting Folly
New Delhi residents need schools and sewers not stadiums and auditoriums.
Shikha Dalmia
October 19, 2010 - The Small Business Myth
When the government tries to help small businesses, it hurts businesses (and taxpayers) of all sizes.
Veronique de Rugy
October 19, 2010 - The Tax Man Cometh
Obama's tax plan will hurt small businesses and damage the economy.
Anthony Randazzo
October 15, 2010 - Freer Is Better
Measuring economic liberty around the world.
John Stossel
October 14, 2010 - Pandering to Geezers
It's a bipartisan problem.
Steve Chapman
October 14, 2010 - Logical Farce
Obama's wild attacks on "foreign money" reek of desperation.
Jacob Sullum
October 13, 2010 - Fluidity and Mobility
It's time to redefine what it means to be middle class.
Samuel Staley
October 12, 2010 - It Can Happen Here
Government really can be cut: case studies from Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
David Henderson, Arnold Kling and Maurice McTigue
October 12, 2010 - Nightmare on Every Street
How to carve Fannie and Freddie into pieces
Alex J. Pollock
October 11, 2010 - Congress Can't Repeal Economics
More evidence against ObamaCare rolls in.
John Stossel
October 7, 2010 - The Return of Debtor’s Prison
Collection agencies use the criminal justice system to pocket credit card debts.
Greg Beato
October 7, 2010 - Basel Accord Redux Redux
The Basel III Accord—a third revision of capital regulations in three decades—won't have enough of an impact on Wall Street to dissuade another financial crisis.
Anthony Randazzo
October 6, 2010 - How to Slash the State
14 ways to dismantle a monstrous government, one program at a time
October 5, 2010 - Scary Monsters
The growth of government threatens freedom much more than mosque-building Muslims do.
Matt Welch
October 4, 2010 - Taxing the Rich
The trouble with progressive economics
John Stossel
September 30, 2010 - Faking the Pledge
Republican promises of fiscal sobriety ring hollow.
Jacob Sullum
September 29, 2010 - Revving Up Electric Cars With Government Cash
We'll never know if the electric car industry would have been viable without subsidies.
Ronald Bailey
September 28, 2010 - Towards an Alternative Regulatory Culture
Ideas for fixing Dodd-Frank when the time comes
Anthony Randazzo
September 27, 2010 - The Battle for the Future
Combating progressive fairy tales
John Stossel
September 23, 2010 - The Failure of Obama's Stimulus
Big spending has only produced bigger government.
Steve Chapman
September 23, 2010 - Bank Shot
Oliver Stone cashes out with Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Kurt Loder
September 22, 2010 - A Wasted Decade?
Life isn't perfect. But advances in medicine and technology are making things better all the time.
David Harsanyi
September 22, 2010 - D'Souza to Obama, With Malice
The president is a Keynesian meddler not a Kenyan anti-colonialist.
Shikha Dalmia
September 21, 2010 - Public Employees vs. the Public Will
Government workers get more powerful as they grow less popular.
Tim Cavanaugh
September 21, 2010 - Austerity Agonistes
Why left-wing economists’ warnings against austerity programs are wrong
Veronique de Rugy
September 20, 2010 - The Tea Party and the Value of Craziness
Extremism in defense of liberty isn't necessarily a vice.
Steve Chapman
September 16, 2010 - Tax Policy Manipulation Won't Fix the Economy
President Obama's tax plan is full of holes and flawed analysis; the GOP's alternative is not much better
Anthony Randazzo
September 15, 2010 - It's Still the War, Stupid!
How congressional Democrats can save their seats
Terry Michael
September 14, 2010 - Entrepreneurs Under Attack
How protectionist laws stifle competition and cripple economic liberty
John Stossel
September 9, 2010 - Can You Smell What Obama's Cooking?
Why the president's new stimulus won't work
David Harsanyi
September 8, 2010 - The Confrontation
Drew Carey and Nick Gillespie clash with the Cleveland City Council over Reason Saves Cleveland.
Nick Gillespie
September 8, 2010 - Obama Motors' Ill-Timed IPO
General Motors is going public to boost the Democrats prospects in November, not to protect taxpayers.
Shikha Dalmia
September 7, 2010 - Reclaiming Rights
The never-ending struggle to go about your business without fear of government sanction
Matt Welch
September 7, 2010 - Breaking Down the Derivatives Market
The new rules governing derivatives trades don't address real problems
Anthony Randazzo
September 7, 2010 - Not Enough Labor Day
How the government is destroying jobs
Steve Chapman
September 6, 2010 - Good Intentions Gone Bad
The problem with the Americans With Disabilities Act
John Stossel
September 2, 2010 - The State of Iraq
Nation building might work, but it's not worth it.
David Harsanyi
September 1, 2010 - Simpson and the Sacred Cow
The reaction to the former senator's comments on Social Security shows he's right.
Jacob Sullum
September 1, 2010 - Hatching Bigger Government
Is government regulation making our food any safer?
Steve Chapman
August 30, 2010 - Taking Economic Liberty Seriously
Does the Constitution protect the right to earn a living?
Damon W. Root
August 26, 2010 - Where Are the New Jobs?
Why bigger government isn't working
John Stossel
August 26, 2010 - Lessons from the Bell, California Fiasco
High government salaries means soaring pension costs that taxpayers cannot afford.
Adam Summers
August 24, 2010 - China's Looming Real-Estate Bubble
A massive Keynesian spending program has misallocated capital and set the stage for a crisis
Shikha Dalmia and Anthony Randazzo
August 23, 2010 - Obama Demagogues Private Enterprise
The president's misguided attacks on privatization
John Stossel
August 19, 2010 - The Truth About the Pay Gap
Feminist politics and bad economics
Steve Chapman
August 19, 2010 - Dissecting the Geithner View on Housing Reform
Secretary Geithner is making too many assumptions before the housing debate begins
Anthony Randazzo
August 19, 2010 - Why Buy the Cow?
Legal weed, jokes about communists, and the perils of purchasing your own milk maker.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
August 13, 2010 - A Memo to Alan Greenspan
Why the former Fed chairman should keep quiet
John Stossel
August 12, 2010 - Private Enterprise Does It Better
Why freedom and responsibility triumph over regulation and central planning
John Stossel
August 5, 2010 - The Unaffordability of Endless War
Transforming distant nations is a costly luxury.
Steve Chapman
August 5, 2010 - More Fed Power Won't Save the Economy
After failing to catch the last bubble the Fed and Treasury have been selected to stop the next crisis... really?
Anthony Randazzo
August 4, 2010 - Ignoring the Gigantic Subprime Elephants in the Room
The Dodd-Frank Act kicked the can down the road on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform
Anthony Randazzo
July 29, 2010 - Spending Can Be Cut
Politicians who tell you democracies can’t slash spending are lying.
Veronique de Rugy
July 14, 2010 - Obama’s Immigration Distraction
Even immigrants are shunning America’s sputtering economy
Shikha Dalmia
July 13, 2010 - The Government's Catastrophic Response to the Oil Disaster
Washington's reaction is causing greater damage than the event itself.
Jon Basil Utley
July 9, 2010 - Parasitic Tort Lawyers
The trouble with trial lawyers
John Stossel
July 8, 2010 - The Death of Neoliberalism
Pro-market Democrats disappeared just when we needed them most.
Matt Welch
July 6, 2010 - Entrepreneurship Helps Make America Great
Free enterprise matters
John Stossel
July 1, 2010 - Temporary Funding Forever?
What happens when the federal government finally shuts short-term money down?
Peter Suderman
June 30, 2010 - Spend, Baby, Spend!
The trouble with Obama's economic agenda
David Harsanyi
June 30, 2010 - Too Much Confidence
Bernanke Wants Us to Trust His Poor Record
Anthony Randazzo and Marius Gustavson
June 30, 2010 - Don't Nationalize BP
Big Government is no cure for the failure of Big Oil
Shikha Dalmia
June 29, 2010 - Filling the Stevens Seat
Justice John Paul Stevens was no friend to economic liberty. Will Elena Kagan be any better?
Damon W. Root
June 25, 2010 - Obama, Lord of the Rings
The Gulf oil spill and the temptations of executive power
David Harsanyi
June 23, 2010 - Oil Gushes and Power Rushes
Obama's "$20 billion shakedown" exemplifies his lawlessness.
Jacob Sullum
June 23, 2010 - An End to Spending Excess
The case for budgetary restraint
Steve Chapman
June 21, 2010 - As the Spill Expands, So Does Presidential Power
More fallout from the BP oil spill
Steve Chapman
June 17, 2010 - The Vanity Tax
The trouble with the government's new tax on indoor tanning services
Greg Beato
June 17, 2010 - Please Don't Save Us
Journalism doesn't need a bailout
David Harsanyi
June 16, 2010 - Chinese Environmentalism: Prestige Over People?
Why China needs democracy to consolidate its environmental gains.
Shikha Dalmia
June 15, 2010 - Who’s Liable for the Gulf Oil Spill? You Are.
Government failure and the Gulf oil spill catastrophe
Ronald Bailey
June 15, 2010 - Ideas Having Sex
How prosperity and innovation exceeded the expectations of John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith
Matt Ridley
June 14, 2010 - Cows, Copy, and Cash
Citizen journalism meets microfinance
Katherine Mangu-Ward
June 10, 2010 - Free to Choose
Why did America prosper while most of the world remains poor?
John Stossel
June 10, 2010 - Georgia's Russian Problem
The awesomely awful Stalin Museum and other Georgian delights.
Michael C. Moynihan
June 4, 2010 - The Global Grapevine
Sociologist Gary Alan Fine explains what rumors tell us about America's relationship to globalization
Brian Doherty
June 4, 2010 - Selling Free Food
Entrepreneurial foraging is the next phase of greener-than-thou eating
Greg Beato
May 27, 2010 - How to Save Cleveland
Turning around America’s dying cities is difficult, improbable, and necessary.
Nick Gillespie
May 24, 2010 - The Subversive Vending Machine
The liberatory history of automated commerce
Radley Balko
May 21, 2010 - What’s a Diploma Worth?
Americans have always loved college and real estate. So why do these assets need government support?
Tim Cavanaugh
May 20, 2010 - Senate Fails Government-Sponsored Rating Agency Reform
The Franken amendment to the Senate banking bill will make the rating agency problem worse.
Anthony Randazzo
May 19, 2010 - Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?
A month after passage, ObamaCare is already failing.
Peter Suderman
May 14, 2010 - Our Unsustainable Debt
America is on the verge of financial disaster.
Veronique de Rugy
May 11, 2010 - Paul Ryan: Radical or Sellout?
The GOP’s rising fiscal policy star is too cautious for radical economic reform yet too radical for his own party.
Peter Suderman
May 10, 2010 - We Are Out of Money
American governance won’t begin to inch forward until the political class faces basic facts.
Matt Welch
May 7, 2010 - Los Angeles Destroys Functioning Businesses in a Recession
But that’s OK with the city—those businesses are selling medical marijuana
Brian Doherty
May 6, 2010 - Budgetary Three-Card Monte
War spending aside, federal budget shenanigans continue.
Veronique de Rugy
May 4, 2010 - Congress Didn't Learn Anything From the Financial Crisis
Dodd bill hands more power to failed regulators and guarantees "too big to fail" bailouts
Anthony Randazzo
May 4, 2010 - How Starving Government Still Gets Fat
Tax cuts aren't enough. We need to reduce the size and scope of government.
Steve Chapman
May 3, 2010 - Everyone Prospers With Free Trade
Why protectionism will only make things worse
John Stossel
April 29, 2010 - Meddlers At the Gate
America needs genuine financial reform, not stale populist rhetoric.
David Harsanyi
April 28, 2010 - Peak Everything?
Forget peak oil. What about peak lithium, peak neodymium, and peak phosphorus?
Ronald Bailey
April 27, 2010 - GM's Phony Bailout Payback
The company is setting the stage for another taxpayer shakedown
Shikha Dalmia
April 27, 2010 - Coming Up Short
What Michael Lewis’ The Big Short gets right—and wrong—about the financial meltdown
Anthony Randazzo
April 26, 2010 - Make State Programs Compete for Funds
How "Budgeting for Outcomes" can help California escape its fiscal nightmare
David Osborne
April 24, 2010 - Myths About Capitalism
Confronting the biggest lies about American business
John Stossel
April 22, 2010 - The Rise of Decline
Experts say things are collapsing. Maybe they’re not collapsing fast enough.
Tim Cavanaugh
April 19, 2010 - 24-Hour Party People
Scenes from a tax day tea party protest
David Harsanyi
April 16, 2010 - A Nanny State Assault on Internship Programs
The trouble with the Labor Department's one-size-fits-all agenda.
Terry Michael
April 14, 2010 - Obama’s Education Spending Frenzy
After the administration’s first year, it’s status quo 20, reform 1.
Lisa Snell
April 9, 2010 - Obama’s Neverending Afghan Adventure
If we never quit, then we’ll never leave
Brian Doherty
March 31, 2010 - Masters of Distraction
Are Republicans "aiding and abetting terrorism" against Democrats over the health care bill?
David Harsanyi
March 29, 2010 - Little Grrrls Lost
Angry, anti-capitalist punk girl bands power the U.S. economy.
Tim Cavanaugh
March 29, 2010 - States' Rights Versus Obamacare
States look to sue over health care mandates
Samuel Staley
March 26, 2010 - How to Oppose ObamaCare
What critics of the president's health care plan can learn from Gandhi's methods of nonviolent resistance
Shikha Dalmia
March 26, 2010 - The Entitlement Rip-Off
How unfunded liabilities drain the treasury
John Stossel
March 25, 2010 - Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act
How prevailing wage laws benefit unions at the expense of taxpayers
Damon W. Root
March 24, 2010 - Nancy Pelosi: Jobs Junkie
The Speaker of the House just can't stop talking about jobs
Katherine Mangu-Ward
March 24, 2010 - A Growing Concern: Bank Taxers Without Borders
A global bank tax would be bad no matter how you slice it
Marius Gustavson
March 24, 2010 - Bailing Out Big Brother
Media criticism goes from rebelling against media oligarchs to handing them a lifeline.
Matt Welch
March 22, 2010 - The Lie of Fiscal Responsibility
Health care bill worsens nation's financial future
Peter Suderman
March 22, 2010 - In for a Dime, In for a Dollar
Why it's time to change the faces on our money
Steve Chapman
March 18, 2010 - Politicians Smother Cities
How to bring life back to great American cities
John Stossel
March 18, 2010 - The Death of Fiscal Federalism
It’s been a long time since economic policy was forged in the states
Veronique de Rugy
March 17, 2010 - ‘You Cut Spending’
Former New Mexico governor and possible presidential candidate Gary Johnson talks about Obamanomics, ending the drug war, and climbing the highest mountains.
Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
March 16, 2010 - Dying People Shouldn't Have to be Beggars
It's time to consider the economics of organ transplants
Steve Chapman
March 15, 2010 - Five Lies About the American Economy
The Obama team’s favorite slices of fiscal baloney
Tim Cavanaugh
March 11, 2010 - The Children of George Metesky
Not every terrorist is a product of the left or the right.
Jesse Walker
March 10, 2010 - Insurers Gone Wild!
Why health insurers welcome Obama’s plan to tame them
Jacob Sullum
March 10, 2010 - Deflating China’s Bubble
Damned if they do, damned if they don’t
Marius Gustavson and Anthony Randazzo
March 10, 2010 - Obama and the L-Word
The president’s habit of telling untruths
Matt Welch
March 9, 2010 - Bulldozing the American Dream
It’s time to kick Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of the housing market
Anthony Randazzo
March 8, 2010 - Russia's Winter Games of Discontent
Why the Russians are so upset about the 2010 Winter Olympics
Cathy Young
March 5, 2010 - Busting the Well-Endowed
It's time to cut federal funding for the arts
Shikha Dalmia and Harris Kenny
March 4, 2010 - The Wrong Policy at the Wrong Time
The problem with the Value-Added Tax
Veronique de Rugy
March 4, 2010 - Created or Saved or Estimated or Assumed
The Congressional Budget Office's predetermined stimulus reports
Peter Suderman
March 3, 2010 - The Myth of the Recovery
The White House claims the economy is on the mend. That’s a fantasy.
Anthony Randazzo
March 1, 2010 - Dressed for Success
Business casual and the evolution of the American workplace
Greg Beato
February 26, 2010 - Obama Embraces Nixonomics
The folly of imposing wage and price controls
Steve Chapman
February 25, 2010 - The Paulpocalypse
A longtime Ron Paul watcher wonders if his CPAC victory is the dawn of a new age, or the beginning of the end
Brian Doherty
February 24, 2010 - Fight the Power
The unfulfilled promise of “constitutional conservatism”
Jacob Sullum
February 24, 2010 - The Politics of Giving
The Philanthropy Roundtable’s Adam Meyerson talks about the future of charity, power grabs by the IRS, and pressures to create a nonprofit cartel.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
February 23, 2010 - A Libyan Charm Offensive
To the shores of Tripoli with the son of Qaddafi
Michael C. Moynihan
February 22, 2010 - Will Bernanke’s Exit Strategy Work?
The Fed’s plan to unwind its current policies will be harder than Bernanke thinks
Marius Gustavson
February 19, 2010 - The Real Reason for Obama's Unpopularity
Every honeymoon ends
Steve Chapman
February 18, 2010 - Congress’ Phony Price Tags
Legislators have a lousy track record of keeping costs anywhere near their initial projections.
Veronique de Rugy
February 16, 2010 - The Fable of Market Meritocracy
Markets don't reward smart people. They reward value.
Shikha Dalmia
February 12, 2010 - Don't Break the Banks
Why Obama's plan to reinstate Glass-Steagall is a terrible idea
Anthony Randazzo
February 12, 2010 - High-Speed Rail Plans Are Misconceived
What problem are these trains solving? Who will pay the annual operating costs?
Robert Poole
February 11, 2010 - A Rand Revival
Understanding the best—and worst—of Ayn Rand's philosophy
Cathy Young
February 11, 2010 - Hurtling Down the Road to Serfdom
Do we want a culture of takers or makers?
John Stossel
February 11, 2010 - Back to the Drawing Board
Democratic fantasies face the bracing slap of reality.
Matt Welch
February 8, 2010 - All the President's Budget Assumptions
The 2011 budget contains more rosy scenarios than a romance novel.
Veronique de Rugy
February 4, 2010 - Big Government's Cronies
The real reason politicians like complicated tax and regulatory schemes
John Stossel
February 4, 2010 - Fiscal Stimulus is Buying Trouble
Why government spending hasn't brought the economy around
Steve Chapman
February 4, 2010 - Fiscal Fraud—or Frugality?
Runaway spending is a bipartisan problem
Steve Chapman
February 1, 2010 - Our "So-Called" Leader
The trouble with Obama's State of the Union
David Harsanyi
January 29, 2010 - Tracking Taxpayer Capital: Recovery.org vs. Recovery.gov
Private sector can step in to fill government's transparency gap
Eric Gillespie
January 29, 2010 - Race to the Checkout Line
What the National Grocers Association's Best Bagger Championship says about work and competition
Greg Beato
January 28, 2010 - It's the Economy, Stupid
Understanding Obama's plummeting approval ratings
Steve Chapman
January 28, 2010 - Obama's Rhetorical Retreat
Has reality finally caught up with the president?
David Harsanyi
January 27, 2010 - Overpaying for Green Power
Americans are adopting a failed type of clean energy subsidy—the feed-in tariff—just as Europeans are abandoning it.
Ronald Bailey
January 26, 2010 - Advice to Barack Obama by Two People Who Didn't Vote for Him (or John McCain)
But just might if he ever got serious about governing.
Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie
January 26, 2010 - Exiting New Jersey's Fiscal Nightmare
Can Chris Christie reform the Garden State?
Eileen Norcross
January 22, 2010 - Who Needs Energy Independence?
Let free trade and the free market work.
John Stossel
January 21, 2010 - Three Reasons Why The Dems Are in Big, Big Trouble. And One Reason Why They're Not.
What Obama—and the GOP—should learn from the Coakley defeat and slumping poll
Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
January 20, 2010 - Bankrupting the Senate's Too Big to Fail Agenda
How reforming the bankruptcy code is the best path to ending too-big-to-fail policy
Anthony Randazzo
January 15, 2010 - Let's Take the "Crony" Out of "Crony Capitalism"
It's time to choose the free market
John Stossel
January 14, 2010 - Five Reasons Why Libertarians Shouldn't Hate Government
Plus, Five Big Projects That Went Well and Five That Were Disasters
William D. Eggers and John O'Leary
January 13, 2010 - Who Wants to Tax a Millionaire?
The “millionaire’s tax” will affect more people than you think.
Veronique de Rugy
January 13, 2010 - Faux Recovery
Don't believe the hype about green jobs
David Harsanyi
January 13, 2010 - Class War
How public servants became our masters
Steven Greenhut
January 12, 2010 - Government Spending and the Zero Sum Game
Why won’t people who love to make zero-sum arguments about the economy apply their own lessons to government spending?
Matt Welch
January 8, 2010 - Who Is Wesley Mouch?
Why Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged matters today
John Stossel
January 7, 2010 - Don't Fear The 2010s!
Embrace the coming decade's new distractions and overblown worries.
Nick Gillespie
January 5, 2010 - Reading the Tea Party Leaves
Will we see a repeat of 1994—or 1964?
Michael Munger
December 31, 2009 - Reason Staffers Pick The Best and Worst Things of The Decade
What was bad and good during the Aughts
December 30, 2009 - The Year in Books
Reason staffers pick the best books of 2009
December 30, 2009 - Dumbest Government Policies? Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Government bean-counters, even more than generals, always fight the last war
Nick Gillespie
December 23, 2009 - Driving Miss Lazy
In praise of drive-through
Greg Beato
December 21, 2009 - Free Stuff from Uncle Sam
Why the government shouldn't be in the business of taking our money and then giving it back.
John Stossel
December 17, 2009 - Taking Money from Girl Scouts
Sweeping new regulations could strangle nonprofit financial literacy programs.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
December 16, 2009 - Nader Shrugged
The anti-corporate crusader tries to write an Ayn Rand novel
Joseph Mailander
December 15, 2009 - Whole Foods Health Care
Organic-foods magnate John Mackey talks about his controversial health care proposals, why he was investigated by the feds, and “conscious capitalism.”
Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie
December 15, 2009 - Have a Coke and a Tax
The economic case against soda taxes
Veronique de Rugy
December 14, 2009 - Not Change, More of the Same
Ignoring history is not the path to effective financial services reform
Anthony Randazzo
December 14, 2009 - Did the Stimulus Create Jobs?
The government's own job creation data reveal the dangers of a second stimulus
Veronique de Rugy
December 11, 2009 - Artificial Housing Respiration
Government-sponsored housing inflation is locking the next generation out of homeownership
Tim Cavanaugh
December 10, 2009 - Did ABC Fire John Stossel?
The truth about my move to Fox
John Stossel
December 10, 2009 - Obama's Fantasy Jobs Plan
The first stimulus fizzled. Let’s not repeat the mistake.
Steve Chapman
December 10, 2009 - Wall Street Blues
Why the House’s new financial reform and consumer protection bill is bad for America
Anthony Randazzo
December 10, 2009 - Five Reasons the Wall Street Reform Bill Is Bad For America
Why the House’s new financial reform and consumer protection bill is bad for America
December 10, 2009 - Emissions Cuts Would Cost India Dearly
The poor can't afford a big tax on energy usage, or a return to the License Raj of times past
Shikha Dalmia
December 4, 2009 - Stop Insuring Mortgages
The folly of government intervention in the housing market
John Stossel
December 3, 2009 - A Penny Saved Is Effort Wasted
The case against the penny
Steve Chapman
December 3, 2009 - These Boots Are Made for Talking
The fuzzy math and goofy logic of government-goosed employment
Jacob Sullum
November 25, 2009 - 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
Randall Parker, Vernon Smith, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Jeffrey Rogers, James Grant, Steven Gjerstad, Donald Luskin, Peter Schiff and Scott Sumner
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
Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie
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
Matt Welch, Jacob Sullum 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 May Be Signaling an End to the Recession
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
Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo and Michael Flynn
June 10, 2009 - Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Without Reducing Mobility
Focusing on cutting vehicle miles traveled is the wrong approach
Robert Poole
June 9, 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 - Recognizing the Limits of Transit-Oriented Development
Examining whether or not transit and light rail stations drive economic development
Samuel Staley
May 18, 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 - Examining Sprawl in Europe and America
Europeans are moving to the suburbs too
Wendell Cox
January 16, 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
Veronique de Rugy and Philippe Lacoude
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.
Veronique de Rugy and Philippe Lacoude
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
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
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
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 - Dayton, Ohio: The Rise and Fall of a Former Industrial Juggernaut
What Dayton can tell cities about staying competitive in today's global economy
Samuel Staley
August 11, 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 - 5 Myths About Suburbia and Our Car-Happy Culture
Congestion crisis is here, but filled with misinformation
Ted Balaker and Samuel Staley
January 28, 2007 - Delhi Dilemma
Will anti-business planners improve quality of life?
Shikha Dalmia
December 19, 2006 - Growth Buffers Are Wrong Tool for Indiana Planners
Plan will likely prevent local housing market from meeting emerging housing demands
Samuel Staley
August 16, 2006 - Suburban Style Evolution
McDonald's, Wal-Mart, and tract homes are making many in suburbia very happy
Ted Balaker
August 16, 2006 - What Jane Jacobs Really Saw
Today's urban planners falsely claim her legacy
Leonard Gilroy
May 2, 2006 - Slender in Suburbia
Do the suburbs make us fat?
Ted Balaker
March 16, 2006 - Big Stake in Wetlands Case
Existing wetlands already outsize California and feds want more
Shikha Dalmia and Leonard Gilroy
February 20, 2006 - Indirect Source Regulation: The Latest Front in the Sprawl War
Taxing new development won't clean the Central Valley's air
Leonard Gilroy
December 28, 2005 - How Zoning Keeps Homes Out of Reach, Increases Prices
Zoning laws should reflect community needs
Samuel Staley
December 19, 2005 - Poor Planning, Growth Laws Hurt Ohio Town
Anti-growth forces face reality check
Samuel Staley
October 16, 2005 - Denver Permit Process Fixes Must Be Tracked
Performance assessments needed to get the most from reform effort
Leonard Gilroy
August 7, 2005 - Regulating the Land Market
Canadians more likely to achieve growth-management objectives via markets
Samuel Staley
June 1, 2005 - Questionable Benefits of a New Indy Stadium
Purported benefits are another snow job
Samuel Staley
January 2, 2005 - Baseball Boondoggle
Why should D.C. own a baseball stadium?
Adam Summers
December 23, 2004 - Moratoria on Growth Signal Failure of Planning
Moratoria are bold evidence of poor political leadership
Samuel Staley
November 16, 2004 - Taking a Lesson in Math to Limit Urban Sprawl
Big projects and growth curbs have little positive effect
Chris Fiscelli
November 15, 2004 - Let's Pretend
Faulty smart growth survey is misleading
Joel Schwartz
October 22, 2004 - Does Sprawl Really Kill?
Sprawl/health studies don't live up to hype
Samuel Staley
October 1, 2004 - LA To OC: Resist NFL's Siren Call
Team owners should build stadium if they want to enter market
Samuel Staley
August 29, 2004 - Can Downtowns Survive the 21st Century?
The future of the downtown is uncertain
Samuel Staley
August 15, 2004 - An Artificial Farmland Crisis
Farmland is hardly an in-demand resource
Owen Courrèges
July 7, 2004 - Last Chance for Roseville
Owen Courrèges
July 1, 2004 - Hayek's View of New Urbanism
New Urbanists choose force, not markets
Owen Courrèges
June 13, 2004 - Smart Growth Snake Oil
Smart growth panacea won't work
Owen Courrèges
May 19, 2004 - The Irony of Governor Romney's Urban Planning Proposals
Governor should learn from, not ridicule, Houston
Owen Courrèges
May 5, 2004 - San Diego's Growth Future Is Up For Grabs
Area should let market decide
Chris Fiscelli
December 18, 2003 - It's Not About the Sprawl
Don't blame growth for So Cal's problems
Chris Fiscelli
December 13, 2003 - Urbanfutures.org Named Top 50 Planning and Development Website of 2003
October 20, 2003 - Private Property Rights and Local Control: Can We Have Both?
New approach to development process needed
Chris Fiscelli
September 15, 2003 - Zoning Needs An Overhaul
Current approach distorts markets and stifles innovation
Chris Fiscelli
September 2, 2003 - Smart Growth Dream Will Give You Nightmares
Contra Costa should avoid draconian anti-sprawl measures
Chris Fiscelli
June 30, 2003 - Growth Boundaries Sound Good, but Lack Substance
Contra Costa should avoid growth boundaries
Chris Fiscelli
June 23, 2003 - An Interview with Dr. Barton Smith on Urban Decentralization
Real estate expert discusses decentralization, rail, and more
Chris Fiscelli
June 11, 2003 - A New Sense of Community - Master Planned
Communities are private sector innovation
Chris Fiscelli
June 5, 2003 - Smart Growth Types' Dumb Rhetoric
Linking suburbs to obesity just an attempt at social engineering
Chris Fiscelli
May 19, 2003 - Preserving California's Farmland and Open Space Through PDRs
PDRs more flexible than tax subsidies
Chris Fiscelli
May 14, 2003 - Should We Subsidize "Smart Growth"?
Subsidizing "smart" development won't relieve congestion
Chris Fiscelli
May 12, 2003 - Dealing with California's Statewide Growth Challenges
Growth best addressed at the local level
Adrian Moore
May 9, 2003 - Libertarians At the Gates Of New Urbanism
Considering a market-oriented approach to new urbanism
Samuel Staley
April 28, 2003 - Market-Oriented New Urbanism
New urbanists should distance themselves from the smart growth agenda
Chris Fiscelli
April 21, 2003 - Does California Really Need More Planning?
Development should be a reaction to market demand
Chris Fiscelli
March 26, 2003 - The Vast, Right-wing Sprawl Conspiracy?
Smart growthers misunderstand free-market approach
Leonard Gilroy
March 20, 2003 - Study Suggests Challenges to Building Regional Anti-Sprawl Coalitions
Forming coalitions may be easier said than done
Leonard Gilroy
January 27, 2003 - The American Dream is Alive and Well in California
Californians not ready to embrace "smart growth"
Leonard Gilroy
December 9, 2002 - Making People and Environment Better Off in India
Property rights at crux of environmental protection
Michael De Alessi
September 24, 2002 - The Human Face of Smart Growth Opposition
Concerns of smart growth skeptics given more weight
Leonard Gilroy
September 13, 2002 - Conservation Subdivision Design
A market-friendly approach to local environmental protection
Leonard Gilroy
August 6, 2002 - Why the Centers for Disease Control Hates the Suburbs
Public health community is wrong about suburbs
Joel Schwartz
July 30, 2002 - True Smart Growth
Markets offer the widest range of options
Samuel Staley and Matthew Hisrich
May 21, 2002 - The Technology-Migration Paradigm and Urban Sustainability
Technology's influence in shaping regions can't be ignored
Samuel Staley
April 25, 2002 - Outsmarting Growth's Impacts in Virginia
Virginians must avoid the mistakes of the past
Samuel Staley
April 17, 2002 - Smart Growth, Growth Management, and Housing Affordability in Washington State
A Response to 1000 Friends of Washington
Samuel Staley and Leonard Gilroy
March 18, 2002 - Restricting Housing Not Answer to Ohio's Growth Problems
Growth control advocates want to restrict housing choices
Samuel Staley and Matthew Hisrich
January 16, 2002 - Church's Campaign Against Sprawl May Do More Harm Than Good
Church's approach to growth problems is naive
Samuel Staley
November 29, 2001 - Harry Potter and the Future of Smart Growth
What does the movie says about American living standards?
Samuel Staley
November 27, 2001 - Urban Sprawl: Good for Minorities?
Sprawl reduces the black/white housing consumption gap
Leonard Gilroy
October 26, 2001 - Concept Misused: Impact Fees an Inexact Science
Atlanta officials should consider abandoning impact fees
Samuel Staley
October 17, 2001 - What Can We See In Manhattan's Urban Future?
Staley examines potential market responses to attacks
Samuel Staley
October 5, 2001 - Our Relationship with the Built Environment in the Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks
A free society should embrace tolerance and diversity
Leonard Gilroy
September 28, 2001 - Statistics on Sprawl Meaningless if They Oversimplify
"Sprawl index" oversimplifies a complex process
Samuel Staley
July 22, 2001 - Market-Oriented Planning: Out of the Smart Growth Abyss
A better approach to growth management
Samuel Staley
January 1, 2001 - Smart Growth, Markets and the Future of the City
A better approach to growth management
Samuel Staley
November 1, 2000 - Poor Communities, Small Builders will Bear Burden of Ballot-box Zoning
Ballot-box zoning will hurt Arizona families
Samuel Staley
November 1, 2000 - Urbanization Trends Don't Threaten US Quality Of Life
Despite sprawl hype, the sky is not falling
Samuel Staley
December 31, 1999 - Effective Sprawl Solutions Found in Market, Not Regional Planning
Sierra Club gets it wrong on sprawl
Samuel Staley
October 24, 1999 - The Price of Urban Growth Controls
San Diego should avoid growth boundaries
Samuel Staley
August 8, 1998 - Market-Oriented Approach to Farmland Preservation Best Bet for Michigan
Preservation should be addressed through voluntary, market-based approaches
Samuel Staley
July 6, 1998 - Urban Sprawl: Michigan's Bogeyman of the 1990s?
Attempts to stop sprawl will hurt quality of life
Samuel Staley
March 2, 1998 - Urban Sprawl: A Grassroots Defense
Hostility towards suburbs is misplaced
Samuel Staley
December 1, 1997 - Portland, Metro and The Plan: Boon or Bane for Regional Development?
Portland's reality is far less persuasive than its press
Samuel Staley
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