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Bastiat emphasized that much of what goes on in the economy involves things we don’t see directly. Intermediaries often fall into Bastiat’s category of...
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Each economic crisis brought on loose money brings on a “solution” of…looser money. This pattern is not just a threat to the economy but...
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The standard explanation for the Constitutional Convention was that the Articles of Confederation were a failure. However, the Articles actually worked the way they...
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Hyperinflation isn’t ancient history. It’s a recurring policy failure with war-level damage.
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Dan Greenberg Several of my colleagues have written about today’s controversy: the shooting, at point-blank range, of Renee Good. They are just a few...
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Marcos Falcone Over 26 years, Venezuela’s gradual transition from a democracy into a dictatorship involved increasing authoritarianism on the part of the Chávez-Maduro regime. It...
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Matthew Cavedon A recent conversation between two judges suggests that mercy should have more of a role in the criminal legal system than many...
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Anti-impact environmentalists want you dead; they will settle, in the short term, for you to feel guilty for existing, producing and consuming, and willing...
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As an official Public Policy Hooligan, James Bovard is well-known for some of his zingers. Here are some he wrote in 2025.
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The standard explanation for the Constitutional Convention was that the Articles of Confederation were a failure. However, the Articles actually worked the way they...
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Stephen Slivinski President Trump’s recent Truth Social missive about housing fits the mold of many of his others to date: he identifies an issue...
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Colleen Hroncich “I was a teacher who always stretched the limits and broke the rules a little bit,” admits Kristin Fink, founder of Skola...
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No one can legitimately create a monopoly on ideas. The problems of freedom are solved with more freedom and worsened with less.
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David J. Bier President Donald Trump premised his mass deportation agenda on the idea that he will be “returning millions and millions of criminal aliens.”...
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Neal McCluskey The Trump administration has announced that the US Department of Education (DoED) is sending day-to-day responsibility over several of its functions to other...
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Christian Kruse and Norbert Michel It’s been five years since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) attempted to “harmonize” the rules governing public and...