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Net Neutrality and the Problem with "Experts"

Calculation and KnowledgePrices

Blog12/11/2017Ryan McMaken

Supporters of net neutrality imagine that if we can only get the "right" group of people, a tiny handful of "experts" can govern the internet.

NFL's Problem is Poor Product, not Disrespect

Blog12/11/2017Doug French

One only has to follow the money to learn the real reason pro football ratings are down — competition from college football.

NRA-Republican Backed Bill Makes it Easier for Feds to Disarm Citizens

Blog12/08/2017Tho Bishop

The NRA and their GOP supporters in the House have sided with the power of the Federal government over the second amendment rights of Americans.

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Net Neutrality: Government Can't Know the "Correct" Price for Internet Service

Free MarketsProtectionism and Free Trade

Blog11/28/2017Nicholas Freiling

By manipulating markets for internet service, government agencies could be indirectly distorting markets and ruining innovation by forcing prices down.

Niger: Finally, A War John McCain Doesn't Love

U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy

Blog10/26/2017Ilana Mercer

John McCain's hatred of Donald Trump has driven America's most ardent warmonger to question the American intervention in Niger. And that's a good thing.

Neo-Liberalism: From Laissez-Faire to the Interventionist State

World HistoryPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog10/12/2017Richard M. Ebeling

Neo-Liberalism’s origins and consequences point toward the need for a new agenda: one that recognizes the ideals of the voluntary civil society.

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NCAA Violations Are Now Federal Crimes?

Legal SystemMonopoly and Competition

Blog10/02/2017William L. Anderson

Apparently, it is now a federal criminal offense to break the rules of a private organization like the NCAA. Even when there's no victim.

Now that Roy Moore Won, Is his "Lawlessness" a Problem?

Blog09/27/2017Ryan McMaken

A charge of "lawlessness" is usually an ideologically-empty attempt to capitalize on emotionalism and tribalism.

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