Michael F. Cannon Despite the love it gets from Republicans and insurance companies, Medicare Advantage is a lousy program. Multiple news items this week highlight how poorly it operates and…

Colleen Hroncich “I got into education sort of by accident,” says Sarah Pevehouse, founder of Apogee Dripping Springs microschool in Texas. After attending an adult summer camp for photographers, she…

Adam N. Michel Recent Democratic proposals to expand the amount of income exempt from the income tax highlight an existing feature of the US tax system: depending on your circumstances,…

In commemoration of Murray Rothbard’s 100th birthday, Bob shares five “greatest hits” from Rothbard’s economics, covering deficits vs. inflation, monopoly theory, excess capacity, the time structure of production, and his…

“77 percent of [Republicans] support the war, on average. But that’s exactly what we’d expect for almost any Trump policy.”

Benjamin Giltner and Dominik Lett Reports suggest that the Trump administration is drafting an emergency funding request of up to $50 billion to support the war in Iran. The US…

Kevin T. Frazier Minnesota legislators are considering a troubling amendment to their state constitution. In short, the amendment would carve AI out of the state’s protection of free speech. It’s…

The radical classical liberals of the past were not so naive as to think that words on paper would prevent the abuses of the central state. Allowing the central state…

When someone argues in favor of state control of economic processes, they are, by definition, presenting an argument based upon the ad baculum fallacy, the “appeal to force.”

Peter Van Doren Economists’ understanding of oil shocks has evolved over time. The original view was that reductions in supply from Middle East wars or OPEC decisions were important causes…