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Sometimes, Bad-Tasting Medicine Needs to Be Swallowed
Ivan Eland  ·  December 28, 2011
Last-Minute Gifts: Spectacular? Special? Spirit of Retsyn?
Art Carden  ·  December 22, 2011
Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion
Robert H. Nelson  ·  December 21, 2011
Are Economy Experts Less Likely to Give to Charity?
An economic knowledge base makes people smarter about how they use their resources—which benefits everyone, even if those resources don’t go into a donation box.
Art Carden  ·  December 21, 2011
No War for Oil: US Dependency and the Middle East
Ivan Eland  ·  December 21, 2011
The No-Brainer Issue of the Year: Let High-Skill Immigrants Stay
Our policy toward the world’s best and brightest is currently: “Welcome! Enjoy this expensive education. Now go home!” Does that make any sense?
Alexander T. Tabarrok  ·  December 20, 2011
Why Mandated Health Insurance Is Unfair
There’s an easier way to solve the “free-rider” problem.
John C. Goodman  ·  December 19, 2011
Ruining Christmas: An Economist’s Guide
Art Carden  ·  December 18, 2011
The Mask Slips: The Durban meeting shows that climate policy and climate science inhabit parallel worlds
Letter to the Editor
S. Fred Singer  ·  December 17, 2011
Payroll Tax Political Theater
Benjamin Powell  ·  December 15, 2011
It’s Up to the Public to Vindicate Bill of Rights Day
Anthony Gregory  ·  December 15, 2011
Quit Preaching and Lead by Example
Ivan Eland  ·  December 14, 2011
Is Leon Panetta the Right Man to be Secretary of Defense?
Winslow T. Wheeler  ·  December 13, 2011
New President Won’t Have It Easy In Spain
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  December 13, 2011
Has the ‘Occupy’ Movement Jumped the Shark?
Yesterday’s “Occupy Ports” Day Wasn’t a Protest of How International Trade is Conducted, but a Protest Against International Trade Itself. Have the Protesters Gone Too Far?
Art Carden  ·  December 13, 2011
Why Does College Cost So Much?
Richard K. Vedder, Matthew Denhart  ·  December 9, 2011
Occupy Bourbon Street? Big-Time Sports and Inequality
Art Carden  ·  December 9, 2011
Shopping for Health Coverage Versus Shopping for Health Care
John R. Graham  ·  December 8, 2011
The Welfare State Neutralizes Opponents by Making Them Dependent on Government
Robert Higgs  ·  December 8, 2011
Pro-Business vs. Pro-Market: What’s the Difference?
Ivan Eland  ·  December 7, 2011
The Twisted Tree of Progressivism
Joseph R. Stromberg  ·  December 7, 2011
Better Facebook? Better Comments? Buttons We Need
Art Carden  ·  December 2, 2011
Moderation in Following the Constitution Is No Virtue
Ivan Eland  ·  November 30, 2011
Send These, the Homeless, Tempest-Tost to Me
I’m Thankful for Immigrants
Art Carden  ·  November 28, 2011
Durban Climate Conference
The Dream Fades
S. Fred Singer  ·  November 28, 2011


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