Free Market Policies Did Not “Empty Out” the Midwest
Norbert Michel, Jai Kedia, and Jerome Famularo Amid new reports of shrinking manufacturing activity and employment, the Trump administration is ...
Why We Should Repeal the Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act, first passed in 1964, is falsely connected with freedom. In reality, this law severely restricts individual ...
Do We Really Need Half-a-Dozen New Savings Accounts?
Adam N. Michel In the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Congress created a new kind of trust called a ...
Voter ID is Common Sense, But it Won’t Fix Anything
While the Voter ID debate consumes the airwaves with political debate, the real issue is not who is elected, but ...
California’s Billionaire Tax and State-to-State Flight
Bob Murphy talks with Keith Smith, MD, about an alternative to the cartel of big hospitals and insurers.
How Suspicious Activity Can Get You Debanked
Nicholas Anthony What makes an activity “suspicious”? Maybe you picture someone hiding their face in a trench coat as they ...
The Budget-Busting Inflation Reduction Act
Michael F. Cannon Back in November, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was looking ...
A Brief History of the Petite Bourgeoisie
From the Jacksonians to the Marxists, political theorists have understood that there is something unique about "small industry" between big ...
Tariffs as Fiscal Policy
Jeffrey Miron President Donald Trump has claimed his tariffs will raise enough revenue to allow for income tax cuts. Recent ...
Do Minimum Wages Close the Racial Wage Gap?
Jeffrey Miron Twenty-two states are scheduled to increase their minimum wage in 2026. Even though, overall, existing evidence suggests that ...
