Free Trade

Stossel has a column on Brink Lindsay's new book The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture. To tip off the article, Stossel makes a simple, ... Keep Reading

Prof. Don Boudreaux writes eloquently in a letter to the Baltimore Sun: "Thomas Schaller writes that "Working people value 'economic security' over 'economic ... Keep Reading

Returning from a nice little mini-vacation, I arrived at the office and made my usual rounds in the blogosphere. Before I even got a cup of coffee in me, I was greeted by this ... Keep Reading

Another journalist-qua-editorialist with no economics training, who's never even seen a Julian Simon book, peddles another mythical crisis to justify another useless bureaucracy. ... Keep Reading

More evidence (hat tip, Inner Banks Eagle) of ethanol subsidies driving up the costs of food and drink. And beer! Not the beer! -MB ... Keep Reading

The Charlotte Observer says Phillip Morris's departure from the Charlotte area is a "downside of globalization." Perhaps. But its also an indication that the government's ... Keep Reading

Tanzania has a hit song about privatization. The African country has had far too many years of less-than-competent government controlling its economy. If the ratio of ... Keep Reading

Congress, in exchange for caving on war funding, must have struck a deal to get in their economically unsound minimum wage legislation that is sure to hit to small businesses ... Keep Reading

Here's a great Podcast by a radio station in Texas of FLOW's Michael Strong.  Michael gets it in so many ways. I would strongly encourage leftish types to listen to this. ... Keep Reading

According to Under the Dome, they're still smoking over what to do with Dorothea Dix hospital and the grounds. How can it to go to its best and highest valued use?Auction it. ... Keep Reading