Deeper Than ‘Banning’: Possible Liberal Bias Detected in Public School Libraries
Neal McCluskey Over the last few years, there has been a surge in challenges to books in public school libraries. These “banning” battles have drawn considerable attention – and alarm – but they miss deeper questions: How do public schools select books
Back to the Future Morphs into Dystopia
It is 2023, eight years after 2015, the year of flying cars and climate-controlled clothing that Marty McFly traveled to in a time machine. In our own world, the ruling elite wants to ban cars to control the climate. How
A Dollarization Reading List
Gabriela Calderon de Burgos Since Javier Milei not only made the campaign for Argentina’s presidency a three‐horse race but became the likeliest to occupy the Casa Rosada this coming December, there has been much reporting in the international press about dollarization, his
Menthol Tobacco Ban Appears Inevitable. Expect a Healthy Black Market, More Criminal Justice Inequities
Jeffrey A. Singer In April 2022, when the Food and Drug Administration announced plans to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and cigars, I blogged about it, explaining why it was a bad idea. Later, in response to the agency’s request for public
The State against Anonymity
Governments are using intimidation to regulate independent journalists on the decentralized internet. Original Article: The State against Anonymity
The Spirit of the Establishment Will Thrive under a “Populist Opposition” Government
One of the most eventful things to have happened recently was from an unexpected source. The State Department and the intelligence apparatus didn’t initiate any coups somewhere in the Third World, the Kremlin didn’t launch a blitzkrieg and capture Kiev,
Chess, Trans Athletes, and Free Markets in Sports
Is there a way out of the seemingly intractable demands that trans athletes who are "transitioning" from male to female be permitted to compete with female athletes? There may be a free-market solution. Original Article: Chess, Trans Athletes, and Free Markets in
The Objective Science of Subjective Value
Practically all schools of contemporary economic thought recognize that value is subjective. Although mainstream economists merely pay lip service to value subjectivity—and, in practice, treat value as objective so that they can analyze so-called utility functions—it is still a core
Recovery: A Guide to Reforming the U.S. Health Sector
Michael F. Cannon I am happy to announce the release of my latest book, Recovery: A Guide to Reforming the U.S. Health Sector. If I have any notoriety in this crazy world, it is for the work I did trying to stop ObamaCare. For my