Why Food Stamps Don’t Promote Healthy Eating
Food stamps have long been promoted with the idea that they improve nutrition and health. Unfortunately, this has never been shown to be true.
Interventionism
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How Governments Destroy Consumer Sovereignty
The entrepreneur's job is to shape his whole enterprise around consumer wants. Unfortunately, governments often get in the way.
A New Front in the War on Payday Lenders
Google joins forces with government regulators to rob low-income people of one of their few choices for quick and easy loans.
A Tariff with Mexico Will Ensure Americans Pay for Border Wall
"Tariff," after all, is just a fancy word for "tax."
Free Trade versus “Free Trade”
To economists, free trade means absence of government interference with trade. To politicians, "free trade" means a complex set of managed policies.
Did The Free Market Kill Coal?
Leftists often blame "the free market" for the demise of the coal industry. "And good riddance," they say. But, markets had very little to do with it.
The Dangers of a “Universal Basic Income”
A "universal basic income" serves to make workers and entrepreneurs less likely to produce goods and services the consumers need most.
Change May be Coming to the National Labor Relations Board
Donald Trump has some troubles with labor unions. Fortunately for him, the NLRB may soon look very different.
Congress’s War on Internet Gambling
The War on Gambling is about as moral as the War on Drugs.
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Online Learning
In this three-lecture course, professor Mark Thornton will explain how prohibition has changed not only the market for marijuana, but also the characteristics of the drug itself.
