The Myth They Used to Pass Canada’s Universal Healthcare
The medical establishment has done its best to crush market-oriented strategies to make healthcare more affordable.
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Improving Expectations Won’t Improve the Reality of Economic Conditions
Central banks can put in motion a prolonged deviation of expectations from the facts of reality. But they can't keep it up forever.
Forget Electoral Democracy — Give “Demarchy” a Chance
There's no reason to believe choosing representatives through a lottery system or "by chance" is worse than what we have now.
Starbucks and Dick’s Can be Anti-Gun If Customers Let Them
With a real free market, how a business conducts itself is not the concern of government, but the concern of consumers.
4 Ways to Improve Immigration Policy — Without Growing Government
From free trade to cutting welfare, here are four ways to improve immigration policy that don't make government more intrusive in our lives.
How Communism Survived Thanks to Capitalist Technology
The Soviet economy was such a mess that regular infusions of new technology and capital from the West were necessary to avoid total economic meltdown.
How to Use Methodological Individualism
Methodological individualism is a precious tool for historical analysis. But it is not a foundation of economic theory.
The Problem of FOSTA
The Feds are considering an enormous expansion of their powers to regulate the internet.
American Houses Keep Getting Bigger — And so Does American Debt
In spite of rising debt and worries about long term trends in affordability, new American houses and apartments are larger than they've ever been before.
