Free Markets
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Can Trump’s Maritime Plan Save America’s Struggling Shipyards?
America’s shipbuilding troubles did not begin with foreign rivals — and they will not be solved by taxing them.
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Ten Enduring Lessons from Adam Smith
From technocrats to central planners, the temptation to engineer society persists. Adam Smith saw the dangers clearly.
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Why Market Success Breeds Market Skepticism
The very prosperity created by capitalism can obscure its benefits, fueling discontent even when we’re much better off.
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Cloud Seeding: A Better Way to Address Water Shortages
Cloud seeding is a cost-effective, free-market alternative to billion-dollar water infrastructure projects. It can provide flexible, locally driven solutions to western water shortages.
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What 122 Universal Basic Income Experiments Actually Show
After more than 100 pilots, the evidence shows that universal basic income does little to boost employment and risks unintended economic costs.
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Interest Rate Caps Keep Coming Back — Bastiat Explained Why They Fail
Capital loaned out can’t be invested or consumed. Interest compensating the lender is merely “the price of time.”
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The End of Pax Americana
America’s retreat from free trade is weakening the economic foundation that sustained Pax Americana for generations.
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Entrepreneurs Take on the Funeral Monopoly: When Selling a Box Becomes a Crime
Oklahoma’s protectionist casket laws block competition and inflate costs. But some entrepreneurs are fighting back, taking their case to court to defend economic freedom.
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The Year of Adam Smith: Why the Savvy Scotsman Remains So Important
Smith’s work shaped modern political economy, and his insights into human cooperation remain as relevant today as they were in 1776.
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A Praxeology of Productivity: Messy Humans, Not Machines, Run the Economy
Productivity depends not just on systems and incentives, but on human action, aspirations, and judgment.
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Can Trump’s Maritime Plan Save America’s Struggling Shipyards?
America’s shipbuilding troubles did not begin with foreign rivals — and they will not be solved by taxing them.
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•
Ten Enduring Lessons from Adam Smith
From technocrats to central planners, the temptation to engineer society persists. Adam Smith saw the dangers clearly.
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•
Why Market Success Breeds Market Skepticism
The very prosperity created by capitalism can obscure its benefits, fueling discontent even when we’re much better off.
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•
Cloud Seeding: A Better Way to Address Water Shortages
Cloud seeding is a cost-effective, free-market alternative to billion-dollar water infrastructure projects. It can provide flexible, locally driven solutions to western water shortages.
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What 122 Universal Basic Income Experiments Actually Show
After more than 100 pilots, the evidence shows that universal basic income does little to boost employment and risks unintended economic costs.
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•
Interest Rate Caps Keep Coming Back — Bastiat Explained Why They Fail
Capital loaned out can’t be invested or consumed. Interest compensating the lender is merely “the price of time.”
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•
The End of Pax Americana
America’s retreat from free trade is weakening the economic foundation that sustained Pax Americana for generations.
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•
Entrepreneurs Take on the Funeral Monopoly: When Selling a Box Becomes a Crime
Oklahoma’s protectionist casket laws block competition and inflate costs. But some entrepreneurs are fighting back, taking their case to court to defend economic freedom.
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•
The Year of Adam Smith: Why the Savvy Scotsman Remains So Important
Smith’s work shaped modern political economy, and his insights into human cooperation remain as relevant today as they were in 1776.
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•
A Praxeology of Productivity: Messy Humans, Not Machines, Run the Economy
Productivity depends not just on systems and incentives, but on human action, aspirations, and judgment.