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• 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
• Hold on to Your Boxers
  What will the TSA demand from travelers next?
  Jacob Sullum
  December 30, 2009
• Are We Going to Get Serious About Aviation Security?
  TSA has spent over $40 billion, yet amateurs are still getting on planes with explosives
  Robert Poole
  December 29, 2009
• Global Warming and Melting Ice
  The seas are rising, but you've still got time to enjoy your beach house
  Ronald Bailey
  December 29, 2009
• Dump the Audience?
  Figuring out what's next for my Fox Business show
  John Stossel
  December 24, 2009
• Nazis, Commies, and Death Panels
  It's the year in hyperbole!
  Michael C. Moynihan
  December 23, 2009
• A Bill of Goods, Maybe
  The trouble with the health care bill
  David Harsanyi
  December 23, 2009
• There Ain't No Such Thing As a Free Lumpectomy
  The folly of a "right to health care"
  Jacob Sullum
  December 23, 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
• Flight Delays this Christmas?
  Holiday flight delays aren’t inevitable. There are proven ways – from revamping air traffic control to congestion pricing – to fix the problems.
  Robert Poole
  December 23, 2009
• The States' Failed Experiments
  The major provisions of ObamaCare have already been tried. And they don’t look good
  Peter Suderman
  December 22, 2009
• The Cultural Contradictions of Anti-Nuke Environmentalists
  Why do environmentalists reject a good bet for renewable energy?
  Ronald Bailey
  December 22, 2009
• All the President's Mendacity
  Don't believe Obama's rhetorical hype
  David Harsanyi
  December 21, 2009
• How to Make Enemies on Health Care
  Why liberals began abandoning ObamaCare
  Steve Chapman
  December 21, 2009
• Driving Miss Lazy
  In praise of drive-through
  Greg Beato
  December 21, 2009
• Copenhagen Climate Conference Collapses
  Ronald Bailey's fifth and final dispatch from the Copenhagen climate conference
  Ronald Bailey
  December 18, 2009
• The Green Jobs Delusion
  Ronald Bailey's fourth dispatch from the Copenhagen climate conference.
  Ronald Bailey
  December 17, 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
• Laissez Les Bon Reforms Roulez
  Government reform, Louisiana-style
  Leonard Gilroy
  December 16, 2009
• The Clarity of False Choices
  How Obama’s rhetorical tricks mislead the public
  Jacob Sullum
  December 16, 2009
• Can the Climate Conference Avoid Diplomatic Doom?
  Ronald Bailey's third dispatch from the Copenhagen climate conference
  Ronald Bailey
  December 16, 2009
• Hide the Decline
  Why government-funded scientists should release their documents
  David Harsanyi
  December 16, 2009
• Taking Money from Girl Scouts
  Sweeping new regulations could strangle nonprofit financial literacy programs.
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  December 16, 2009
• ReidCare’s Mandate Will Raise Health Care Costs for Poor
  Plan chooses ideology over humanity
  Shikha Dalmia
  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
• "The Most Important Number in the World"
  Ron Bailey's first dispatch from the Copenhagen climate change conference
  Ronald Bailey
  December 14, 2009
• When Science Becomes a Casualty of Politics
  Getting to the root of Climategate
  Cathy Young
  December 14, 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
• Was Parking Meter Privatization a Good Deal for the Windy City? Chicago CFO Gene Saffold Responds
  Reason interview with Chicago Chief Financial Officer Gene Saffold
  Leonard Gilroy
  December 11, 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
• The Problem is Cost of Care
  Understanding America's dysfunctional health care system
  Michael Munger
  December 10, 2009
• Legislative Reality vs. Political Reality
  How Democrats game the Congressional Budget Office
  Peter Suderman
  December 10, 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
• Progressives vs. Democracy
  The health care debate reveals a nasty tendency within liberal politics
  Brian Doherty
  December 9, 2009
• Big Blighters
  How developers use "blight" as a pretext to get the land they covet
  Jacob Sullum
  December 9, 2009
• Our Way or... Well, Our Way
  Should the EPA have the authority to police greenhouse gases?
  David Harsanyi
  December 9, 2009
• What’s the Best Way to Handle Future Climate Change?
  Carbon markets, carbon taxes, technological push, or economic growth?
  Ronald Bailey
  December 8, 2009
• The Gatekeeper
  How a little bureaucratic office became the biggest impediment to Barack Obama’s health care plans
  Peter Suderman
  December 8, 2009
• Boobs in Congress
  What the recent mammogram controversy reveals about health care "reform"
  Steve Chapman
  December 7, 2009
• California Needs to Stop Defined-Benefit Pensions
  Government’s pension obligations are a looming disaster that can be eased by 401(k)-style retirement plans
  Adam Summers
  December 7, 2009
• Why I Prefer French Health Care
  The U.S. system’s deep flaws make socialism more tempting
  Matt Welch
  December 7, 2009
• We-Don't-Want-To-Talk-About-It-Gate
  Why won't more politicians talk about Climategate?
  David Harsanyi
  December 5, 2009
• The Scientific Tragedy of Climategate
  Can climate change science recover from the damage done by leaked emails?
  Ronald Bailey
  December 4, 2009
• Cringing Over Climategate
  A major scandal was exposed. So why won't Obama acknowledge it?
  Shikha Dalmia
  December 4, 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
• California Voters Were Railroaded on High-Speed Rail
  Wildly inaccurate ridership predictions could cost taxpayers billions
  Adam Summers
  December 2, 2009
• A Reason To Be Skeptical
  The lessons of Climategate
  David Harsanyi
  December 2, 2009
• These Boots Are Made for Talking
  The fuzzy math and goofy logic of government-goosed employment
  Jacob Sullum
  November 25, 2009
• Who Decides If Breast Tests Are Best?
  Patients should make their own choices about mammograms, not bureaucrats.
  Ronald Bailey
  November 24, 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
• The Packets Must Get Through
  From the book "The Consequences of Net Neutrality Regulations on Broadband Investment and Consumer Welfare"
  Steven Titch
  November 19, 2009
• Worse Than Taxes
  The real burden of government is the spending level
  John Stossel
  November 19, 2009
• My Body, Their Choice
  Turning health care over to the government inevitably limits individual freedom.
  Peter Suderman
  November 18, 2009
• Menu Mandate's Missing Math
  You can show people calorie numbers, but you can't make them count.
  Jacob Sullum
  November 18, 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
• That Darn Mandate
  Will Americans be forced to buy health insurance?
  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
• Private Prisons a Smart Strategy for Arizona
  Prison privatization opponents rely on myths, not facts
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 17, 2009
• Louisiana Provides Model for Closing Budget Deficit
  Given the scale of Arizona's fiscal crisis, there's no way to avoid government downsizing
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 17, 2009
• Kiss Your Freedoms Goodbye If Health Care Passes
  Why we cannot afford to sit out this fight
  Andrew Napolitano
  November 16, 2009
• The U.S. House of Presumptuous Meddlers
  The folly of health care "reform"
  John Stossel
  November 12, 2009
• Getting Virginia Off the Sauce
  The Old Dominion's new governor promises to end the state liquor monopoly
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  November 12, 2009
• Freedom to Confuse
  Thanks to the abortion amendment, liberals suddenly care about "choice" in our health care system.
  David Harsanyi
  November 11, 2009
• Dave Bing's Last-Second Shot
  Can the former Piston star save Detroit?
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 10, 2009
• How Green Are Your Nukes?
  Environmentalists Stewart Brand and Al Gore debate nuclear power in two new books.
  Ronald Bailey
  November 10, 2009
• Where Ayn Rand Went Wrong
  She ignored a part of human nature
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 4, 2009
• Obama's Hidden Fees
  When the president does it, it's not a tax
  Jacob Sullum
  November 4, 2009
• SuperFreaking Out Over Climate Engineering
  Freakonomics authors freak out environmental activists by suggesting a technical fix for global warming
  Ronald Bailey
  November 3, 2009
• The Secret Message of Stimulus Spending
  Even the feds don't believe they can create jobs
  Veronique de Rugy
  November 3, 2009
• Masterfleece Theater
  The Democrats say their health care bill will provide real competition. It won't.
  David Harsanyi
  October 30, 2009
• The Unhealthy 'Public Option'
  Using government-run health insurance to fix the status quo is like using a brick to improve a window
  Steve Chapman
  October 29, 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
• Mandatory Savings?
  Requiring people to buy medical insurance will fuel health care inflation
  Jacob Sullum
  October 28, 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
• Health Care Delusions, Left and Right
  How both sides are misleading the American people
  Steve Chapman
  October 26, 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
• Rising Pension Costs, Falling Revenues Lead to a $179 Million Budget Deficit in San Diego
  Adam Summers
  October 19, 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
• IT Controversy Shouldn't Spoil Public-Private Partnerships in Virginia
  Focus should be on resolving implementation issues, not politicizing them
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 14, 2009
• Max's Adventures in Wonderland
  Why health care "reform" won't pay for itself
  David Harsanyi
  October 13, 2009
• Private Developers Have No Right to My Home
  It's time for New York's high court to protect homeowners.
  Daniel Goldstein
  October 13, 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
• Don't Blame Voters for California's Budget Woes
  Big spending pols falsely claim citizen ballot initiatives have tied their hands
  Shikha Dalmia, Adam Summers and Adrian Moore
  October 9, 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 Madness of the Mandate
  What's wrong with the government forcing individuals to buy health insurance.
  Peter Suderman
  October 9, 2009
• When Public Power Is Used for Private Gain
  It's time for New York's highest court to say no to eminent domain abuse
  Damon W. Root
  October 8, 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
• Telecommuting Can Add to Our Mobility
  As telecommuting share grows, so do the benefits
  Shirley Ybarra
  October 1, 2009
• Success No Matter What?
  Don't believe the White House's economic hype
  John Stossel
  October 1, 2009
• "Selling" State Buildings in Arizona, California
  Sale-leasebacks can play a role in easing fiscal woes, but shouldn't replace budget cutting and government streamlining
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 30, 2009
• Obama Is No Radical
  But maybe we'd be better off if he were.
  Jesse Walker
  September 30, 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
• Does High-Tech Medicine Mean Higher Health Care Costs?
  A new report finds that medical innovation boosts life expectancy, but doesn't cost more
  Ronald Bailey
  September 29, 2009
• Payday of Reckoning
  New laws aimed at kneecapping payday lenders will end up hurting the poor
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  September 25, 2009
• The Body Politics
  On health-care reform, Democrats have become their own worst enemy.
  Peter Suderman
  September 25, 2009
• Obama, Race, and Health Care
  Understanding America's real and imagined grievances
  Shikha Dalmia
  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
• Climate Change and the Nanny State
  Do we need the government to save us from ourselves?
  David Harsanyi
  September 23, 2009
• Coverage Story
  Does the cost of uncompensated care justify forcing people to buy health insurance?
  Jacob Sullum
  September 23, 2009
• Doubling Down on Climate Change
  Activists want America to reduce emissions to 1960s levels. Is that even possible?
  Ronald Bailey
  September 22, 2009
• Inflation Returns!
  Free market economists debate the prospects, fears, and even hopes for rising prices in post-crises America
  Peter Schiff, Scott Sumner, Randall Parker, Vernon Smith, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Jeffrey Rogers, James Grant, Steven Gjerstad and Donald Luskin
  September 22, 2009
• Public Pension Problems Mount for Local CA Governments
  Lawmakers fail to make necessary reforms as unfunded liabilities continue to grow throughout the state
  Adam Summers
  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
• Taxing Internet Retailers Like Brick-and-Mortar Stores
  State governments go looking for revenue from online retailers
  Steven Titch
  September 17, 2009
• The Consumer Is Not the Customer
  Both parties promise to preserve one of the health care system's central problems
  Jacob Sullum
  September 16, 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
• President Obama's Plan Will Control Every Aspect of the Medical Transaction
  Health care plan will tell patients when, what and how much coverage they must buy
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 11, 2009
• About That Detroit Renaissance
  Don't believe the hype
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 11, 2009
• What About the Patient In Health Care Debate?
  Health care reform isn't serious until the patient is at the center of the picture
  Nick Gillespie
  September 11, 2009
• Is Government Action Worse than Global Warming?
  Why policy nihilism may be the only rational response to climate change
  Ronald Bailey
  September 9, 2009
• About That Detroit Renaissance
  What chance is there for an artist-led revival in the midst of civic hemorrhage?
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 9, 2009
• Survey Says What?
  The problem with health-care polling
  Peter Suderman
  September 4, 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
• Warming Up for a Climate Change Fight
  Obama's getting ready for the U.N. global warming conference. So is Bjorn Lomborg.
  Ronald Bailey
  September 1, 2009
• Friedman Economics
  Is Fed chairman Ben Bernanke a follower of John Maynard Keynes or Milton Friedman?
  Penn Bullock
  September 1, 2009
• California Parks Need User Fees
  Only 13 of the 279 parks and beaches are financially self-supporting
  Adam Summers
  September 1, 2009
• Who Pays For Google Voice?
  The FCC should not undermine one company's business model in support of another's
  Steven Titch
  August 27, 2009
• The Evil-Mongering of the American Medical Association
  Obama's cozy relationship with Big Medicine will hurt patients
  Shikha Dalmia
  August 27, 2009
• Public Options Are Ill-Conceived
  Government should leave commercial activities to the private sector
  John Palatiello and Leonard Gilroy
  August 26, 2009
• Obama's Race to the Top May Help Spur Much-Needed Education Reforms
  Schwarzenegger has opportunity to improve teacher performance and increase use of charter schools
  Lisa Snell
  August 24, 2009
• Seattle's Toll Lanes Aren't Lexus Lanes
  HOT lanes are reducing congestion and helping all commuters
  Shirley Ybarra
  August 24, 2009
• New Public Option, Same As the Old Public Option?
  Are health insurance co-ops a good idea?
  Ronald Bailey
  August 18, 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
• Strangers in a Strange Land
  Forget man's inhumanity to man. District 9 is a deft satire of man's inhumanity to alien
  Peter Suderman
  August 14, 2009
• Big Business Goes Big for Health Care Reform
  Why drug companies and insurance providers are backing ObamaCare
  John Stossel
  August 13, 2009
• Converting Carpool Lanes to Toll Lanes Will Reduce Congestion in DC and Virginia
  Tolls will also help generate revenue to pay for much-needed projects that won't be built otherwise
  Robert Poole and Shirley Ybarra
  August 12, 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
• Time to Step It Up on Privatization in Virginia
  Even seemingly privatization-resistant states turning to the private sector to help solve major fiscal, capital investment challenges
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 11, 2009
• The Real Clunkers in this Deal
  Why "cash for clunkers" is a terrible idea
  Steve Chapman
  August 10, 2009
• Setting the Record Straight on Chicago Parking Meter Privatization
  Early implementation challenges subside; L.A., Indianapolis and other cities consider similar proposals
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 7, 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
• How Green Is Your Crystal Ball?
  The National Academy of Sciences tries to predict America's energy future. Again.
  Ronald Bailey
  August 4, 2009
• Airport Privatization Can Fly Despite Midway Collapse
  Deal collapse doesn't spell doom for private-sector infrastructure investment
  Robert Poole and Leonard Gilroy
  August 3, 2009
• Nativist International
  Bribing immigrants to leave
  Jeff Winkler
  August 3, 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
• California Budget Deal Is a Bad Band-Aid
  State once again fails to address the spending and structural problems that cause deficit
  Adam Summers
  July 29, 2009
• The Myth Of Free Market Health Care In America
  Uncle Sam picks up nearly half of the country's $2.5 trillion annual health care tab
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 29, 2009
• Toll Roads and Public-Private Partnerships in Texas
  Past debacles and what the future holds
  Robert Poole
  July 29, 2009
• Markets, Not Mandates
  How medical markets would improve health care and reduce costs
  Ronald Bailey
  July 28, 2009
• Buy Now, Pay Later
  The health care cost-control conundrum
  Peter Suderman
  July 24, 2009
• The Dangerous Minimum Wage Mirage
  Why raising the minimum wage will hurt workers and worsen the economy
  Steve Chapman
  July 23, 2009
• California's Economic Climate Change Denialism
  There's no free lunch when it comes to cutting greenhouse gases
  Ronald Bailey
  July 21, 2009
• Recap of California Voters' Rejection of Special Election Measures
  Taxpayers smartly say no to Sacramento's so-called budget reforms
  Adam Summers
  July 20, 2009
• FTC's Blogger Disclosure and Ethics Rules Are Terrible Idea
  Hi, I'm from the government and I'm here to regulate the blogosphere
  Steven Titch
  July 20, 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
• Transportation and Mobility Take a Backseat in Obama Administration
  The Obertstar highway bill should be shelved and real transportation reforms should be pursued
  Samuel Staley
  July 17, 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
• Virginia Needs a Fiscal Makeover
  Federal stimulus dollars won't last forever
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 14, 2009
• Do Immigrants Make Cities Safer? The El Paso Miracle
  How can a comparatively poor, high-immigration town that sits across the border from super-violent Ciudad Juarez be one of the safest big cities in America?
  Radley Balko
  July 14, 2009
• Automakers Bailout Is Illegal, Illiberal and Ill-fated
  Why Washington shouldn't run Detroit
  Jacob Sullum, Ronald Bailey and Matt Welch
  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
• President Obama's Top Five Health Care Lies
  Tony Soprano Care
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 2, 2009
• Let's Do Something—Anything
  The trouble with the new "cap and trade" bill
  David Harsanyi
  July 1, 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
• Lift Restrictions on School Outsourcing in California
  Other states and school districts are saving millions by contracting out non-instructional support services
  Lisa Snell
  June 30, 2009
• Government to Examine Exclusive Cell Phone Deals
  Should the FCC regulate who can sell an iPhone?
  Steven Titch
  June 30, 2009
• How the "Public Option" of Health Insurance Went From Inevitable to Imperiled
  Some straight talk from a straight-laced federal agency puts government-run insurance on the brink
  Peter Suderman
  June 29, 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
• "As Naked an Abuse of Government Power as Could be Imagined"
  How the Sotomayor nomination revived the debate over eminent domain abuse
  Damon W. Root
  June 25, 2009
• I, Toaster
  A British artist inadvertently brings Leonard Read's classic essay "I, Pencil" to life.*
  Radley Balko
  June 24, 2009
• Rhetoric vs. Reality in the Health Care Debate
  Is it "rationing" when consumers decide how to spend their own money?
  Ronald Bailey
  June 23, 2009
• California Must Control State Pension and Benefit Costs
  Currently facing an unfunded liability of over $48 billion for state retiree health and dental benefits
  Adam Summers
  June 22, 2009
• The Myth of Financial Deregulation
  Government action caused the economic crisis, not the free market
  Anthony Randazzo
  June 22, 2009
• How to Reduce Atlanta's Budget Deficit
  Budget makeover should include outcome-based budgeting, privatization and asset leases
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 21, 2009
• Can the U.S. Copy Spain's High-Speed Rail System?
  In America, the reality of high-speed rail will fall far short of the hype
  Samuel Staley
  June 19, 2009
• Medicare Is Not the Model for Health Care Reform
  The "public option" health care plan will not be financially sustainable
  Shikha Dalmia
  June 18, 2009
• Get Real About Bakersfield City Pensions
  Bakersfield has nearly $100 million in unfunded pension liabilities
  Adrian Moore
  June 18, 2009
• Do the Economics of Piracy Demand the Privatization of the Sea?
  Privately controlled waters would generate new solutions
  Veronique de Rugy
  June 16, 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
• Are Charters a Drain on Traditional Public Schools?
  Charters are a legitimate part of the public school system
  Lisa Snell
  June 12, 2009
• Baffled by the Economy
  Why being a macroeconomist means never having to say you're sorry
  Steve Chapman
  June 11, 2009
• Who Do Charters Educate?
  The numbers prove that charters help disadvantaged students
  Lisa Snell
  June 11, 2009
• Congress Is Hiding Cap-and-Trade Energy Price Increases
  Central fact of the cap-and-trade proposal is that it will increase the price of energy
  Ronald Bailey
  June 10, 2009
• Massive, Expensive Expansion of the Pell Grant Program
  President Obama wants to make college grants into an entitlement. Bad idea.
  Michael C. Moynihan
  June 10, 2009
• The Beginning of the End of Private Health Insurance
  How President Obama's public health insurance option will quickly evolve into the only option
  Ronald Bailey
  June 10, 2009
• How Much Freedom Do Charter Schools Deserve?
  Oakland owes a lot to its charter schools
  June 10, 2009
• Is America Following the Policies that Caused Japan's "Lost Decade"?
  Federal government is repeating many of the same mistakes that created Japan's Lost Decade
  Anthony Randazzo, Michael Flynn and Adam Summers
  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
• California: Harbinger of Fiscal Doom
  What the Golden State's bleak future means for America
  Brian Doherty
  June 3, 2009
• Obama's Betrayal on Don't Ask Don't Tell
  The president's forgotten civil rights promise
  Shikha Dalmia
  June 3, 2009
• Energy Price Deceit
  Congress tries to hide its cap-and-trade energy price increases
  Ronald Bailey
  June 2, 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
• California's Silent Big Spenders
  Political class refuses to explain why the state requires hysterical spending growth
  Matt Welch
  May 29, 2009
• I.T. Go Home
  Skilled immigrant exodus
  Brian Doherty
  May 29, 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
• Dear GOP: Please Choose Liberty
  Even non-Republicans need a strong opposition
  Shikha Dalmia
  May 20, 2009
• President Obama's Energy Plans Have a History of Failure
  Alternative energy subsidies make their biggest comeback since Jimmy Carter
  Ronald Bailey
  May 20, 2009
• Waxman's Cap-and-Trade Plan Functions Like a Tax Increase
  Proponents need to stop pretending cap-and-trade will cost nothing and create tons of jobs
  Ronald Bailey
  May 20, 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
• Video: Privatization in the Age of Obama
  How governments can cut costs and improve services through privatization
  May 19, 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
• Solving the Immigration Problem—Once and For All
  The true story of the Save the Endangered Americans Act of 2018
  Ross Levatter
  May 14, 2009
• Put the Patients' Welfare First in Hospital Privatization Dispute
  Legislature sacrificed psychiatric patients' well-being to retain legacy jobs on state payroll
  Leonard Gilroy and Anthony Randazzo
  May 14, 2009
• Reason.tv Video: Hasta La Vista, Arnold
  What California's Budget Mess Means for America
  Nick Gillespie and Ted Balaker
  May 14, 2009
• Health Care Corporatism Arrives
  Consumers will pay the price if government partners with the health care industry
  Ronald Bailey
  May 12, 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
• Sold Down the River
  How Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour sabotaged eminent domain reform
  Damon W. Root
  May 11, 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
• High-Speed Rail Plans Should Be Called Moderate-Speed Rail
  True high-speed rail would cost tens or hundreds of billions more
  Robert Poole
  May 5, 2009
• High-Speed Rail Won't Help the Masses
  High ticket prices and too few stops and stations will make them trains for the wealthy
  Samuel Staley
  May 1, 2009
• Collapse of Midway Deal "Not a Setback for Privatization"
  MuniNet Guide Interview with Reason's Leonard Gilroy
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 30, 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
• Conservation Theater
  As green as an SUV tow truck
  Radley Balko
  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
• "Eminent Domain Through the Back Door"
  Standing up for property rights and civil rights in Montgomery, Alabama
  David Beito
  April 28, 2009
• President of Everything
  Obama's executive grasp includes our entire lives
  Brian Doherty
  April 27, 2009
• Seattle's Long-Range Plan To Beat Traffic Congestion
  Expanding capacity, toll roads and private capital are keys to mobility
  Samuel Staley
  April 24, 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
• Hospital Privatization Isn't a Scary Proposition, Patients Should Come First
  Letter to the Editor
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 23, 2009
• Port Privatization Trend Growing
  More ports looking to public-private partnerships to fund improvements and expansion
  Shirley Ybarra
  April 23, 2009
• Getting California Back on Track
  Rip up the government's credit cards, institute a spending limit, and prioritize programs based on effectiveness
  Adam Summers
  April 22, 2009
• Save the Humans!
  Beware the government's latest climate change power grab
  David Harsanyi
  April 22, 2009
• Nothing to Toast in California's Proposed 'Dime a Drink' Tax
  False claims about alcohol's costs and lost wages are being used to push tax increases
  Edward Stringham
  April 20, 2009
• President Obama Fails the Kids in the DC Voucher Program
  Ignoring the program's big successes, Congress and Obama pay off the teachers' unions
  Shikha Dalmia
  April 20, 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
• Roanoke Schools Embrace Privatization to Cut Costs, Focus on Education
  Privatizing transportation will free up money for classroom
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 14, 2009
• Queue No More
  Canada's surprising proposal for fast tracking new drugs to patients
  Ronald Bailey
  April 14, 2009
• Illinois Government Should Shop Around
  Council on efficient government would bring common-sense budgeting to state
  Leonard Gilroy and Kate Campaigne
  April 9, 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
• Cap-and-Trade Handouts
  "The largest corporate welfare program ever enacted in the history of the United States"
  Ronald Bailey
  April 9, 2009
• California Wants to Ban Your Big Screen TV
  This nanny state plan arrives in the name of energy efficiency
  Steven Titch
  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
• U.S. News' College Rankings Are Fundamentally Flawed
  Creating a more results-based system
  April 1, 2009
• Adding More Transparency to Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Projects
  Ways to de-politicize the process
  Robert Poole
  March 31, 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
• California's High Taxes and Burdensome Regulations Drive People and Businesses Away
  State's credit rating is worst in nation and businesses say it is the worst place for entrepreneurship
  Adam Summers
  March 26, 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
• Immigrants Have Never Been Less Interested in America
  Much-needed, highly-skilled immigrants are returning to their home countries
  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
• SLAPP Silly
  Developers vs. free speech
  Jacob Sullum
  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
• The Inconsistencies In President Obama's Education Plans
  The rhetoric on charter schools, firing bad teachers and merit pay sounds good, but where is the follow through?
  Lisa Snell
  March 18, 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
• Clouding Up Man-Made Global Warming
  Final dispatch from the International Conference on Climate Change in New York
  Ronald Bailey
  March 11, 2009
• Poll Finds Jobs, Environment Are Top Priority for Americans
  ...but so is almost everything else.
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  March 11, 2009
• What Planetary Emergency?
  Dispatch from day two of the International Conference on Climate Change in New York
  Ronald Bailey
  March 10, 2009
• Among the Global Warming Skeptics
  Dispatch from the International Conference on Climate Change in New York
  Ronald Bailey
  March 9, 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
• The Health-Status Insurance Solution
  How free markets can provide health security
  Ronald Bailey
  March 3, 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
• Pay Up
  Higher insurance premiums
  Ronald Bailey
  March 1, 2009
• Second National Commission Gets It Mostly Right
  Commission offers a series of valuable policy proposals
  Robert Poole
  February 28, 2009
• Gov. Arnold 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
  February 28, 2009
• Shot by the Sheriff
  Artists protest a border crackdown
  Mike Riggs
  February 27, 2009
• The Two Faces of Barack Obama
  A president contradicts himself all night long
  Matt Welch
  February 25, 2009
• Scenes from the Clean Energy Summit
  The special interest groups had fun. But that doesn't make them wrong.
  Ronald Bailey
  February 24, 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
• Innovative Solutions Needed to Fix L.A.’s Budget
  L.A. should follow Chicago's lead on public-private partnerships
  Adam Summers
  February 23, 2009
• Sharpening the Budget Saw in Virginia
  Arizona bill offers a blueprint for right-sizing state government
  Leonard Gilroy
  February 17, 2009
• Not One More Acre!
  Ranchers in Colorado's Piñon Canyon fight a massive Army land grab.
  Trey Garrison
  February 17, 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
• Baseball's Persistent Drug Culture
  Banning steroids will not prevent further substance abuse
  Steve Chapman
  February 12, 2009
• State Budget Crises Arrive Like Clockwork
  Lawmakers once again turn to cigarette taxes to balance their budgets
  Michael Flynn
  February 11, 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
• Wagging the "Fat Tail" of Climate Catastrophe
  How much should we pay to avoid the tiny risk of total destruction?
  Ronald Bailey
  February 10, 2009
• Dissatisfaction Guaranteed
  The federal government should stop guaranteeing loans
  Veronique de Rugy
  February 9, 2009
• There Goes the Neighborhood
  Exposing Columbia University's eminent domain abuse
  Damon W. Root
  February 9, 2009
• The Great Union Debate
  Card check: unions' salvation?
  Shikha Dalmia
  February 6, 2009
• Economic Change We Can Believe In
  To improve the economy, eliminate the corporate income tax
  Jeffrey Miron
  February 6, 2009
• What's So Smart About Investing in the Smart Grid?
  It makes no sense to throw $4.5 billion at electric power infrastructure
  Ronald Bailey
  February 6, 2009
• Government Intervention Might Delay the Economic Recovery
  Every recession contains the seeds of its own regeneration
  Shikha Dalmia
  February 4, 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
• No Hope For Bad Debtors?
  Why nobody's cramming for the great mortgage test
  Tim Cavanaugh
  February 3, 2009
• A National Infrastructure Bank?
  Proposed bank can fill a niche, but current proposal needs to be refocused
  Robert Poole
  February 3, 2009
• Your Money or Your Democracy
  It's the most privileged industries that demand protection
  Matt Welch
  February 2, 2009
• What Michael Phelps Should Have Said
  Smoking pot shouldn't be a crime. Or the public's business.
  Radley Balko
  February 2, 2009
• Stimulus Plan Expands Government More Than It Stimulates
  Bill funds 31 new programs or agencies at a cost of over $136 billion
  Anthony Randazzo
  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
• E.R. Crowding
  Are the uninsured to blame?
  Ronald Bailey
  February 1, 2009
• How to Sell a Mess
  What "stimulus" advocates learned from the push for war with Iraq
  Jesse Walker
  January 29, 2009
• Thomas Frank Is Wrong About Toll Roads
  Public-private partnerships focus on most-needed infrastructure, unlike pork that is baked into government spending
  Robert Poole
  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
• Checkpoint Diego
  Don't go near the border
  Radley Balko
  January 27, 2009
• President Obama's Fuel Economy Standard Follies
  Politicians want you to pay more when you drive. They just won't admit it.
  Ronald Bailey
  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
• 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
• USDA Tries Pricing and Trading Environmental Benefits
  Bringing ecosystem services out of the political realm and into the market would be welcome news
  Skaidra Smith-Heisters
  January 26, 2009
• California's Spending Addiction
  What caused the deficit? State spending has increased 92 percent in 10 years
  Adam Summers
  January 26, 2009
• Bush Was Big Government Disaster
  He expanded the state, and the sense that the state is incompetent.
  Nick Gillespie
  January 24, 2009
• Detroit Bets Its Future on Washington
  Carmakers seek to please Congress instead of customers
  Shikha Dalmia and Henry Payne
  January 24, 2009
• The Drug War's Collateral Damage
  Drug prohibition militarizes our police, enriches our enemies, undermines our laws, and condemns our sick to suffering.
  Radley Balko
  January 23, 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
• The Five Core Principles President Obama Should Follow
  Calls for massive stimulus package will make Obama's first 100 days even more critical
  Samuel Staley
  January 20, 2009
• Bongs Away!
  How the crusade against drug paraphernalia punishes controversial speech
  Jacob Sullum
  January 16, 2009
• Examining Sprawl in Europe and America
  Europeans are moving to the suburbs too
  Wendell Cox
  January 16, 2009
• Florida Benefitting from Prison Privatization
  Applying competition to corrections delivers cost savings, accountability
  Leonard Gilroy
  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
• No Biofuels Bailout
  Farm energy pork wastes money and harms the environment
  Ronald Bailey
  January 13, 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
• Alien World
  How treacherous border crossing became a theme park
  Alexander Zaitchik
  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
• Funding System for Roads and Bridges Is Broken
  Gas tax should be replaced by direct user fees
  Adrian Moore
  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
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