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Prevent Future Losses Like East Palestine by Reducing Regulation and Empowering Torts

Bureaucracy and RegulationFree MarketsLegal System

Blog04/21/2023

To prevent rail accidents like the one in East Palestine, dial back government regulation and allow the tort system to work.

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Peace is Breaking Out in the Middle East… and Washington is Not Happy!

U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy

Blog04/13/2023

To normal people the idea of peace breaking out in the Middle East is a wonderful thing. But Washington is anything but normal.

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Peak EV: Electric Vehicles Will Fade as Their True Costs Become Clear

The Environment

Blog04/12/2023

The government wants to make gas cars a lot more expensive. But electric vehicles are so expensive in the longer term that gas cars still look like a better deal.

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Presidents Are Legally Immune for Their Most Dangerous Crimes

Legal SystemThe Police StateWar and Foreign Policy

Blog04/07/2023

Donald Trump legally pays hush money and prosecutors try to fashion a crime from it. However, if a president lies and thousands of people die, it is called foreign policy.

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Politics Is Turning Us into Idiots

AntipoliticsPoliticsProgressivism

Blog03/29/2023

From race to gender to nearly everything else, decisions about what is correct or incorrect are made according to politics. This is a recipe for social destruction.

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Public Transit Projects Are the Perfect Recipe for Financial Disaster

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismProgressivismSocialism

Blog03/03/2023

The planned subway extension in New York City promises to be the latest financial fiasco in the mess that is the city's undercapitalized and poorly maintained metro.

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Poor People in Developing Countries Find Alternatives to Commercial Banking

Economic FreedomThe EntrepreneurMoney and BanksEntrepreneurship

Blog02/20/2023

People are innovative—if government doesn't get in the way. Entrepreneurs in developing countries find alternatives for people cut off from commercial banking services.

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Producers Should Reject Calls to "Give Back"

Economic FreedomFree MarketsLanguage

Blog01/24/2023

All too often we are told that government employment equals selflessness and working for profit constitutes greed. It's time to reassess the meaning of certain words.

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