Congress Should Fire Jerome Powell
Congress ought to at least teach Powell, the Fed, and its banker friends a few much-needed lessons.
Education Was an Important Election Issue, But Not as You Might Think
Neal McCluskey When it comes to the most important issues in the just-completed presidential election, education was not likely among them, coming in sixth in recent Gallup polling behind the…
Discrimination and Opportunities for Women
Wage differences between men and women often are automatically attributed to sex discrimination against women. However, as research has shown time and again, other factors such as preferences are much…
Ten Spending Cuts for President Trump
Chris Edwards Coming into office next year, Donald Trump will face massive budget deficits of $2 trillion a year and rising. Trump and every member of Congress now know that…
Friday Feature: Heartland Education Reformation Organization
Colleen Hroncich Every once in a while, I talk to someone who is doing so many amazing things that it’s hard to know where to start. Kansas mom Dalena Wallace…
What Is Consent?
Buchanan and Tullock‘s The Calculus of Consent influentially applies economic ideas to politics, focusing on methodological individual. However, there are a few pitfalls about which readers should be aware.
The FBI Puts Victims of Civil Forfeiture through Bureaucratic Hell
Thomas A. Berry and Ethan Yang In March 2022, the FBI raided a private vault company, seizing any boxes holding over $5,000. The raid was executed on the purported suspicion…
What Is Consent?
Buchanan and Tullock‘s The Calculus of Consent influentially applies economic ideas to politics, focusing on methodological individual. However, there are a few pitfalls about which readers should be aware.
How Can Mining Asteroids in the Future Make Us Richer Today?
Bob explains how future inflow of extraterrestrial riches could boost the standard of living on Earth in the near term.
In Minneapolis, Planners Mix Basic Income and Rent Control with a Light Rail Project
Marc Joffe The Metropolitan Council, a regional planning and policymaking body for the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, is pushing ahead with a second suburban light rail transit extension while struggling to…