Article Archive
Accelerated Learning Would Add Trillions of Dollars in Wealth
If students could complete their education a year faster, the many benefits would include increased personal wealth, decreased government spending, and more sustainable entitlement programs.
March Sanity
For a long while we have not been seeing college basketball at its best — the coaches are unpleasant and the most talented college-age players aren’t playing college ball. Still, I’ll be watching a goodly share of March Madness.
Measuring Freedom around the World
The new Human Freedom Index reminds us there is much work to do to restrain the leviathan and expand liberty in the twenty-first century — at home and abroad.
A Dream Delayed: Man’s Mission to Mars
NASA has decided that private enterprise will have to take on the job of reaching Mars. A new generation of space-minded tycoons is ready for the mission. We can do it.
‘Not One Dime’: Health Care Law Projected to Add $6.2 Trillion to U.S. Deficit
Congress is likely to follow precedent and bypass the new health care law’s draconian payment cuts to doctors and hospitals, causing the law's cost to balloon by trillions of dollars.
The 'Two Drunks' Model of Financial Crises
It’s unlikely that banks and government can be disentangled, but a healthier relationship could begin with a new approach to credit guarantees.
The Budget Debate Simplified
In the debate over government spending, two main schools of thought dominate airtime, but an honest account should include two more — today’s moderates and yesterday’s statesmen.
A Better Way for Young Families to Build a Future: Social Security Taxes vs. Down Payments
Would you rather save for retirement by building equity in a house or by putting money in an underfunded government program?
Not So Fast: Conflicting Deadlines for the TPP and US-EU FTA
President Obama has suddenly embraced a highly problematic trade agenda for his second term.
Yes, Labels
No Labels’ goal of arguing less and getting more things done is not simply wrong but dangerous too. Instead, this country needs to vigorously debate how a free society is supposed to function, with the people ultimately deciding the victor.
Why Not Soak the Rich?
Republicans don’t want to ask multimillionaires to pay a penny more in taxes. Isn’t that proof that the Republican Party is the party of the rich, as liberals have always argued?
Post-Chávez Crisis an Opportunity for Venezuela
With more audacious leadership among Venezuela’s democrats and intelligent solidarity from abroad, an anti-U.S. narcostate could be replaced with a friendly, democratic, and prosperous ally.
Myths of American ‘Cowboy Capitalism’
A factual analysis reveals a modern-day America that is much closer to a European socialist-style economy than to a capitalist frontier.
The Housing Bubble and the Limits of Human Knowledge
How much can you trust the word of government officials? How much about the financial future can central bankers or anybody know? Consider the lessons of these 10 quotations.
America’s Broadband Service Is Not Falling Behind
It’s easy to think that the grass is greener abroad, but when it comes to broadband being delivered efficiently, there’s no place like home.
‘Investment’ Means Defense Spending
Our politicians seem more focused on winning the next election or reducing the budget deficit than on preventing the next war. The result may be a disinvestment in defense that ends up costing more than it saved.
The Unnaturals
What to think when a player looks like a rocker, a Fiat mechanic, a cable guy, a terrorist — anything but the very competitive athlete he is.