The Fed Remains on Course – to Trouble
If the Fed really intends to turn away from its easy-money policies, it has three options for doing it. All of them are risky.
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Seattle’s Minimum Wage Supporters Ignore the Facts
Early data showed the Seattle minimum wage experiment is hurting those its supposed to help. So, the city fudged the data.
Congress Loves to Slap Sanctions on Foreign Regimes — But Do They Ever Work?
Economic sanctions as foreign policy are based on the idea that it's good to make civilians suffer in order to bring about regime change. It's a failed strategy.
The Origins of the Crack-Baby Myth
Like much of the propaganda surrounding the Drug War, the media-invented crack-baby stories generally ignored the scientific facts.
Our Obsession with Survey Data is Ruining Economics
The many flaws of survey data makes it a rather questionable foundation for economic science.
A Mixed Hero: A Libertarian Reassessment of Elon Musk
The fact that the state hands out money to entrepreneurs like Elon Musk is a problem that is best solved by focusing our ire not on people like Musk — but on the state itself.
The Never-Ending Woes of a Government “Enterprise”
Ignoring the historic failures of government enterprises, mainstream opinion still recoils in horror at the idea of private-sector mass transit.
Obama’s AWOL Anti-War Protest
Why did so many Bush-era anti-war activists abandon the cause after Obama took office?
Week in Review: July 22, 2017
The GOP should work toward the elimination of the entire framework of the current highly regulated, subsidized, and manipulated healthcare market
Does Britain Have the World’s Best Health System? Only If You Ignore Outcomes
Once said to be Britain's national religion, at this point the National Health Service might be more accurately described as Britain’s national cult.
