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While framed as a book about economic development theory and the history of colonialism, William Easterly’s latest tome is actually something grander and more...
On July 8, 2024, a guest essay by Stephen Smith on elevator policy was published in The New York Times. Though this may seem...
On February 11, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published its annual Budget and Economic Outlook report, covering 2026 to 2036. Among the projections, the...
One of the most robust findings in economics is that, with few exceptions, people respond to incentives, rather than intentions or moral principles. Individuals...
Substantive change has occurred in the subjects examined in my second book, Gold and Liberty (AIER, 1995), since it was published three decades ago....
The US Census Bureau just released state population data for mid-year 2025, along with updates for all previous years back to the 2020 Census....
Prediction markets seem to be everywhere these days. Now you can bet not only on the outcomes of sporting events, but also elections, wars,...
Towards the end of last year, Pope Leo XIV released his first Apostolic Exhortation, titled Dilexi Te (Latin for “I have loved you”). Many...
The largest event on the American sports calendar is once again about to take place, but with an interesting twist this year. Super Bowl...
We will probably never know the true death count of the courageous Iranian revolutionaries, but what has been shared in graphic detail is the...
The list of Trump administration foreign-policy moves in recent weeks is long. It conducted an attack on Venezuela, brought President Nicolas Madura and his...
For the past few years, the world has been falling into what Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)’s Matthew Harwood calls a “free...
About 10 years ago, economist Matthew Mitchell and the Mercatus Center published a short video titled “The Wrath of CON: How Certificate-of-Need Laws Affect...