Why Public Schools Can’t Have ...

Aug 8, 2019 by

Why Public Schools Can’t Have Nice Values

It’s not easy to get everybody to agree when schooling is one-size-fits-all. By Neal McCluskey – It’s nearing...

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Prepare for a More Authoritari...

Aug 7, 2019 by

Prepare for a More Authoritarian China

By Ted Galen Carpenter – With the onset of China’s economic reforms in the late 1970s, a widespread belief took hold in the...

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Why Europe Axed Its Wealth Tax...

Aug 2, 2019 by

Why Europe Axed Its Wealth Taxes

They raised little money and were a beast to administer. By Chris Edwards – Senator Elizabeth Warren is pushing a wealth-tax...

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The Limits of Law for Facebook...

Jul 25, 2019 by

The Limits of Law for Facebook’s Legitimacy

By John Samples – Facebook expects to set up its Oversight Board for content moderation by the end of the year. Soon the...

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A Victory for Consumer Protect...

Jul 23, 2019 by

A Victory for Consumer Protections and Health Insurance Freedom

By Michael F. Cannon – Last year, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services worked within federal law...

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We Need More Speech about the ...

Jul 15, 2019 by

We Need More Speech about the Census

By John Samples – Facebook has pledged to remove misinformation about the Census from its platform. Inevitably this removal...

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Is This Time Different? Schump...

Jun 18, 2019 by

Is This Time Different? Schumpeter, the Tech Giants, and Monopoly Fatalism

By Ryan Bourne – Growing numbers of legislators and policy experts charge that tech firms such as Amazon, Google, Facebook,...

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Seventy Years Later, It’s Stil...

Jun 6, 2019 by

Seventy Years Later, It’s Still ‘1984’

By Matthew Feeney – In October 1947, Eric Blair—known today by his pen name George Orwell—wrote a letter to the co-owner of the...

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Venezuela Shows Why Socialism&...

May 13, 2019 by

Venezuela Shows Why Socialism’s Failure Still Matters

By Chelsea Follett – Last week, a number of left-wing activists occupied the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC, while...

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The Panic over ‘Social M...

Apr 24, 2019 by

The Panic over ‘Social Media Addiction’ Threatens Free Speech

  By Jeffrey A. Singer It has been more than 10 years since China’s health ministry officially recognized “Internet Addiction...

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A Speech Code that Investigate...

Jan 3, 2019 by

A Speech Code that Investigates Students for Discussing the Freedom of Speech

By Ilya Shapiro and Patrick Moran – Public university campuses, once bastions of free thought, have become increasingly hostile...

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Does Private Schooling Affect ...

Oct 18, 2018 by

Does Private Schooling Affect National Stability?

By Corey A. DeAngelis – School choice critics often resort to fearmongering. For example, a Superintendent of Public...

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The Grass Is Greener on the Ot...

Oct 17, 2018 by

The Grass Is Greener on the Other Side: How Extensive Is the Interstate Trafficking of Recreational Marijuana?

By Benjamin Hansen, Keaton Miller, and Caroline Weber – Recreational marijuana will soon be available to nearly one in four...

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Reassessing the Facts about In...

Apr 24, 2018 by

Reassessing the Facts about Inequality, Poverty, and Redistribution

By John F. Early – Many U.S. politicians are promoting policies to reduce income inequality and poverty by increasing taxes and...

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The Nordic Glass Ceiling

Mar 8, 2018 by

The Nordic Glass Ceiling

By Nima Sanandaji – The Nordic countries are widely regarded as world leaders in gender equality. In the Global Gender Gap...

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As DC Families Go to Charter S...

Mar 1, 2018 by

As DC Families Go to Charter Schools, Maybe Government Funding Should, Too

By Corey A. DeAngelis – Charter schools are on the rise in Washington, D.C. Enrollment data show that nearly half of the...

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Ethanol Exploitation

Feb 1, 2018 by

Ethanol Exploitation

By Chris Edwards – The federal government imposes a mandate to blend corn ethanol and other biofuels into the nation’s...

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The Public Benefit of Private ...

Jan 22, 2018 by

The Public Benefit of Private Schooling: Test Scores Rise When There Is More of It

By Corey A. DeAngelis – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The potential benefits of increased access to private school choice programs in the...

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The State of Free Speech and T...

Oct 31, 2017 by

The State of Free Speech and Tolerance in America

Attitudes about Free Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Liberty, and Tolerance of Political Expression By Emily Ekins – Americans...

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When’s The Student Loan ...

Oct 9, 2017 by

When’s The Student Loan Money Coming Back?

By Neal McCluskey – A new report on federal student loans from the National Center for Education Statistics came out today, and...

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