Remember when the Left was against burying books for ideological reasons? Read the Full Article here: >National Review...
Mike Rowe tells John Stossel that Covid rules had a huge unintended consequence: They crushed work, sapping meaning from many people's lives.---- Don't miss the weekly video from Stossel TV. Sign up here: https://ift.tt/37hRbtg ---- Rowe says that lockdowns and business closures meant to save...
(Don Boudreaux) TweetMy colleague Dan Klein – one of the finest living scholars of Adam Smith – discusses the Great Scot’s analysis of, and attitude toward, slavery. Read the Full Article here: >Cafe HayekCafe Hayek...
From The Center Square [1]: “It’s good that Illinois is training people for a job that they can work in after prison because too many times we train them for professions they can’t legally work in,” said Shoshana Weissmann, a fellow with the nonprofit R Street...
By James Pethokoukis One might think that long-lasting and sustainable economic growth, driven by technological improvement and innovation, would be an obviously awesome thing. It helps humanity live longer and better. The impact of rapid vaccine development and innovation provides real-time evidence of that. Progress even...
Three and a half months have passed since we first received news of a highly effective Covid-19 vaccination, yet in all but a few locales the rollout has proceeded at a snail’s pace. Part of the lag comes from an understandable push to prioritize the...
The Story of Vicky Donald J. Boudreaux When Vicky was 30 years old, her two dearest friends were riding in an automobile when another car, operated by a negligent driver, ran a red light and crashed into her friends’ car. One of Vicky’s friends was instantly killed....
(Don Boudreaux) TweetIn my latest column for AIER I try my hand at writing fiction – yet fiction that is not very different from today’s reality. It’s a (very) short story of a woman who is single-mindedly obsessed with avoiding one particular danger. A slice: Vicky...
Lockdowns should have shown every American just how tyrannical and unreasonable our leaders can be. There are elected leaders like Governor Cuomo who have acted as outright tyrants, alienating everyone, even those in his own party. Then there are the unelected bureaucrats who wave away...
Recently, a student asked me for some tips on what to say about personal finance to her sorority. Here’s a slightly-edited version of my reply. Count the Cost Accurately. You might think you’re saving money when you’re not. Unless you really enjoy cooking, you should probably have a...