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A Message from Menem to Milei: Dollarize Argentina Now
All the talk and scribbling about the infeasibility of dollarization in Argentina is simply wrong.
Francisco Zalles  ·  January 11, 2024
James Gwartney Made Economics Accessible
He helped popularize free-market ideas and even brought them to post-Soviet Russia.
Robert A. Lawson, Richard K. Vedder  ·  January 9, 2024
Let Unconstitutional Federal Government Surveillance of Americans Lapse
Section 702 always has been unconstitutional; Congress should let it lapse.
Ivan Eland  ·  January 8, 2024
California’s Minimum Wage Woes Are a Cautionary Tale for the Nation
Adam B. Summers  ·  January 8, 2024
Racial Preferences Replay Under Gavin’s Governance
Invoking “research” to override law and justify unequal treatment.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  January 8, 2024
San Francisco Must Stop Enabling Substance Abuse
Christopher J. Calton  ·  January 4, 2024
The Department of Education Needs to Die
Richard K. Vedder  ·  January 4, 2024
Let People Reimagine Housing to Make It More Affordable
Art Carden  ·  January 3, 2024
Can We Reduce Health Care Costs with Better Primary Care?
John C. Goodman  ·  January 2, 2024
ChatGPT Is a Calculator; Deal with It
Michael C. Munger  ·  January 2, 2024
How FDR Emasculated the Black Press in World War II
Instead of indulging in politically risky sedition prosecutions of the black press, the government relied on indirect methods of behind-the-scenes manipulation and intimidation.
David T. Beito  ·  December 28, 2023
Washington Doesn’t Understand Obamacare
John C. Goodman  ·  December 27, 2023
California Will See Plenty of New Laws in 2024, but Few Which Will Fix Actual Problems
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 26, 2023
Harvard Should Pay Its Fair Share
How to deal with higher ed’s corruption? Milton Friedman had the right idea: Tax the universities.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 24, 2023
Christmas Comes Early for Government Snoops
The new FBI motto should be “here’s looking at you, kid.”
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 24, 2023
Leave the Fence Alone: On ‘Toward a Political Economy of the Commons: Simple Rules for Sustainability’
Art Carden  ·  December 21, 2023
Political Promises Won’t End Drug Shortages
Raymond J. March  ·  December 21, 2023
Time Is on Government’s Side
Gary M. Galles  ·  December 21, 2023
As Wind and Solar Power Falter, U.N. Climate Agreement Becomes Wishful Thinking
Green energy’s low-cost boom appears to be over
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  December 20, 2023
Through the GAO, the Deep State Chooses Government Leaders
In effect, the GAO functions as a supreme court for the federal bureaucracy.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 18, 2023
Second Circuit Opines on New York’s Gun Restrictions
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  December 18, 2023
Nearly a Century Later, the FCC Will Still Not Leave Well Enough Alone
David T. Beito  ·  December 15, 2023
The Anti-Woke Collegiate Counterrevolution Is Just Beginning
The real world might just be changing its approach to woke higher-ed.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 14, 2023
Why Ordinary People Enable Totalitarians (Part II)
Barry Brownstein  ·  December 14, 2023
The Insurrection Act Needs A Rewrite
Using the Insurrection Act to suppress even violent protests would likely violate the Constitution unless state approval is obtained.
Ivan Eland  ·  December 12, 2023


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