Commentaries

Setting the Facts Straight on Tampa-to-Orlando High-Speed Rail

By Robert Poole
August 17, 2011

About that Debt Ceiling Deal and Those Spending Cuts

Why the S&P downgrade could be just the beginning

By Adam Summers
August 17, 2011

Nixon’s Big Government Legacy

Remembering Richard Nixon's wage and price controls

By Gene Healy
August 16, 2011

Philly Fed to Introduce a Dartboard as Their Newest Economic Forecaster

By James Groth
August 16, 2011

The Bankrupt Agenda of the Save Our Schools Movement

True progressives would embrace school choice, not teachers' unions.

By Shikha Dalmia
August 16, 2011

Los Angeles City Council Pursuing Zoo Privatization

By Harris Kenny
August 15, 2011

Fiat Money Turns 40: It’s Time to Return to a Gold Standard

By Adam Summers
August 15, 2011

Are Big Banks Gaming the Federal Reserve at the Expense of American Citizens?

By James Groth
August 15, 2011

Friday Privatization News Highlights (8/12/2011 edition)

By Leonard Gilroy
August 12, 2011

Getting a Beer in Iowa Is Tougher Than You Think

The Ames straw poll is on Saturday. You probably need a drink.

By Harry Graver
August 12, 2011

Most Market-Oriented Education City in America Still Rocking Kids World

By Lisa Snell
August 12, 2011

What Would You Do to Improve Job Growth?

Reason asks economists, writers, and wonks for real ways to increase job growth

By Robert Higgs, Fred Smith, Alex Tabarrok, Peter Schiff, Walter Olson, Allan Meltzer, John Berlau, Jeffrey Miron, Bruce Bartlett, Bryan Caplan, Donald J. Boudreaux, John Stossel, Amity Shlaes and Deirdre McCloskey
August 12, 2011

Colorado Public Utilities Commission Dabbling in Taxicab Regulatory Reform

By Harris Kenny
August 11, 2011

Problems With a Federal Rental Program

By Anthony Randazzo
August 11, 2011

Did BoA Just Get Bailed Out?

By Anthony Randazzo
August 10, 2011

Pro-Stimulus Economist Calls Fed Policy a Failure

By James Groth
August 10, 2011

The Great 9/11 Dust Debate

Science finds no link between WTC dust and cancer. Politicians want to pay for treatment anyway.

By Jeff Stier
August 9, 2011

Sorkin Being Sorkin

By Anthony Randazzo
August 9, 2011