Big Government

Conflict will forever plague public education so long as its users have different expectations and values. There is only one way out of this mess, writes Tibor Machan, and the solution is far-reaching and radical.

Under the Bush system in Texas, teachers teach the test. They drill until ninety percent of the kids can pass it. The weakest among the students dictate the pace and method. It is a dreary and unimaginative approach to teaching. But if your goal is to boost overall scores, no question: this is the way to do it.

In a free market, it is wholly unwarranted. Brad Edmonds considers three cases.

Why do economists disagree on how to handle downturns? Chris Westley explains that some believe the market works and others do not.

Traffic is a powerful and persuasive argument against the domestic and international drug war. Review and critique by Dale Steinreich.

Socialists like Bernie Sanders are pushing rebates as a substitute for tax cuts. William Anderson explains that the idea is morally and economically bankrupt.

Lincoln’s main objective was protectionism for Northern manufacturers and the creation of a massive spoils system, writes Thomas DiLorenzo

Douglas Carey explains economic anomalies such as electricity shortages, flight delays, and overcrowded roads.

The private sector is running circles around the Post Office, writes William Stepp, but regulations and special privileges permit the government to keep gouging the consumer.

The famed economist seems never to have met a government intervention he can't justify or a tax cut he can't attack, writes Christopher Westley.