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April 2014

April 07, 2014

Less cash, less crime

Cash is portable, hard to trace, and universally-accepted, no questions asked. Which makes it a...

April 04, 2014

Corporations with “values”

Liberals are generally deriding Hobby Lobby's claim that its religious freedom is being violated by...

April 02, 2014

Higher taxes if you had wealthy parents

Taxing the wealthy isn't enough, some are saying. Let's tax people who had wealthy parents. ...

March 2014

March 24, 2014

Just let Google run the country?

Justine Tunney, one of the founders of Occupy Wall Street, is calling on President Obama...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

The pension black hole

Despite its wealthy Silicon Valley population, the city of San Jose, California, is broke and...

February 19, 2014

“Fish in the afternoon, criticize after dinner”

At the findings that Obamacare will take over 2 million jobs out of the economy,...

February 11, 2014

Superiority + insecurity + discipline = success?

Amy Chua, the author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, has written with Jed...

February 07, 2014

Leno kicked out while he’s ahead

Jay Leno is off the Tonight Show as of last night. NBC wants to hand...

February 05, 2014

Will Obamacare make us lazy?

According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, Obamacare, when fully implemented, will cost the equivalent...

January 2014

January 17, 2014

Are Americans becoming more liberal?

Democratic operative Steve Rosenthal argues that America is becoming more liberal. Do you think...

January 16, 2014

Policy lessons from the Beatles

The Beatles are hailed as icons of the Sixties counter-culture. But in a lot of...

January 15, 2014

Income equality?

The Democrats' big new issue is "income inequality." What they are referring to is that...

January 13, 2014

The Rolling Stone Manifesto

Rolling Stone Magazine published an economics manifesto that "Millennials should be fighting for." You can...

January 08, 2014

From bureaucracy to holacracy

Zappos, the online shoe and apparel store, is adopting a new way to organize its...

January 07, 2014

Italy’s Fiat will own all of Chrysler

So if you want to buy an American car--out of a sense of economic patriotism,...

January 06, 2014

Tax breaks that have expired as of Jan. 1

Fifty-five tax breaks have expired with the new year. Some are clearly special-interest perks. Others...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

Outlawing light bulbs

The manufacture of traditional incandescent light bulbs will be illegal, as of January 1. Compact...

December 23, 2013

Corporate assaults on freedom

When we think of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and other civil liberties, we...

December 20, 2013

Swiss will vote on a guaranteed national income

While we argue about a guaranteed minimum wage, Switzerland is considering a guaranteed minimum income. ...

December 16, 2013

The disease of having too much money

A teenager who killed four people in a drunk driving accident was given probation after...

December 04, 2013

Government crack down on music teachers

The Federal Trade Commission is bringing to bear its anti-trust, anti-price-fixing powers against the Robber...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

The blessings of prosperity

Right now, people who lack health insurance and need a government subsidy to pay for...

November 20, 2013

Conservatives launch war on poverty

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) is the founder of the Tea Party Caucus, a true limited-government...

November 01, 2013

Becoming the LeBron James of welding

Tip of the hat to my former student Nathan Martin, who is involved with this...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Central planning vs. complex systems

The problems with HealthCare.gov and the Obamacare rollout go beyond the technical glitches, says Michael...

October 16, 2013

Democrats up the ante on default bill

It looked like Congress was close to an agreement on funding the government and avoiding...

October 01, 2013

The government is shut down

Lawmakers were unable to come up with a compromise to keep the federal government open,...

October 01, 2013

Check out the Obamacare insurance exchange

Today the Obamacare insurance exchanges go live. Everyone without health insurance must buy some, under...

October 01, 2013

Production vs. redistribution

Economics columnist Robert Samuelson is worried that we are moving from an affluent society (based...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Shutdown countdown

The federal government runs out of money at the end of the day today and...