Free Markets
-
•
Micro-Microeconomics
“A renewed examination of the most basic economics—the theory of the good—might yet generate a revolutionary micro-microeconomics.” ~ Caleb S. Fuller
-
•
If Republicans Won’t Be the Party of Business, What Will They Be?
“Republican support of Sen. Klobuchar’s bill is indefensible, and it raises a basic question of what Republicans will be if they’re not going to be the Party of business and achievement.” ~ John Tamny
-
•
End the Gasoline Crisis: Try Motivation by Love, Not Fear
“It is time to unleash the market to produce more, rather than excoriate the oil producers. Try some motivation by love, President Biden, not motivation by fear.” ~ Raymond C. Niles
-
•
Will Google Ever Lose Its Monopoly?
“When Google fades into the history books, it won’t likely be due to actions taken in Washington. It will be due to the foresighted behavior of someone somewhere digitally tinkering in a garage. You know—the way Google did it.” ~ Caleb S. Fuller
-
•
Rethinking Regulatory Capture
“Stigler concluded that regulatory agencies are captured by the firms they regulate. Still, ultimately, it is the regulated firms that become captured by the legislators and regulators who have the power to terminate their regulatory protections.” ~ Randall G. Holcombe
-
•
Five Negative Consequences of Price Ceilings
“The public often supports price ceilings – support that would surely disappear if the public understood the basic economics of this harmful government intervention.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
-
•
Parity Without Socialism: Economic Freedom and Opportunity for Women
“There is a simple policy solution for expanding opportunity for women and giving voice to them: increased economic freedom. Markets solve, as we discovered in undergraduate microeconomics… and without the unintended consequences of illiberal intervention.” ~ Megan V. Teague & Nikolai G. Wenzel
-
•
The Problem of Policymaker Ignorance
“Policymakers are forever in search of causal knowledge and powers – to both know enough and be capable of bringing about specific states of social affairs – that no mortal can possess.” ~ Scott Scheall
-
•
Harm Reduction Takes a U-Turn on Vaping
“If the pandemic taught us anything about public perceptions of risk, it is that we must empower individuals to make decisions to improve their own situation rather than making it for them.” ~ Yaël Ossowski
-
•
Is Biomass “Green” Energy?
“Level field, no favor is a pro-consumer, taxpayer-neutral approach to energy policy. Voluntary transactions between consenting adults within a rule-of-law framework can be expected to arrive at efficient solutions.” ~ Richard W. Fulmer & Robert L. Bradley Jr.
-
•
Micro-Microeconomics
“A renewed examination of the most basic economics—the theory of the good—might yet generate a revolutionary micro-microeconomics.” ~ Caleb S. Fuller
-
•
If Republicans Won’t Be the Party of Business, What Will They Be?
“Republican support of Sen. Klobuchar’s bill is indefensible, and it raises a basic question of what Republicans will be if they’re not going to be the Party of business and achievement.” ~ John Tamny
-
•
End the Gasoline Crisis: Try Motivation by Love, Not Fear
“It is time to unleash the market to produce more, rather than excoriate the oil producers. Try some motivation by love, President Biden, not motivation by fear.” ~ Raymond C. Niles
-
•
Will Google Ever Lose Its Monopoly?
“When Google fades into the history books, it won’t likely be due to actions taken in Washington. It will be due to the foresighted behavior of someone somewhere digitally tinkering in a garage. You know—the way Google did it.” ~ Caleb S. Fuller
-
•
Rethinking Regulatory Capture
“Stigler concluded that regulatory agencies are captured by the firms they regulate. Still, ultimately, it is the regulated firms that become captured by the legislators and regulators who have the power to terminate their regulatory protections.” ~ Randall G. Holcombe
-
•
Five Negative Consequences of Price Ceilings
“The public often supports price ceilings – support that would surely disappear if the public understood the basic economics of this harmful government intervention.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
-
•
Parity Without Socialism: Economic Freedom and Opportunity for Women
“There is a simple policy solution for expanding opportunity for women and giving voice to them: increased economic freedom. Markets solve, as we discovered in undergraduate microeconomics… and without the unintended consequences of illiberal intervention.” ~ Megan V. Teague & Nikolai G. Wenzel
-
•
The Problem of Policymaker Ignorance
“Policymakers are forever in search of causal knowledge and powers – to both know enough and be capable of bringing about specific states of social affairs – that no mortal can possess.” ~ Scott Scheall
-
•
Harm Reduction Takes a U-Turn on Vaping
“If the pandemic taught us anything about public perceptions of risk, it is that we must empower individuals to make decisions to improve their own situation rather than making it for them.” ~ Yaël Ossowski
-
•
Is Biomass “Green” Energy?
“Level field, no favor is a pro-consumer, taxpayer-neutral approach to energy policy. Voluntary transactions between consenting adults within a rule-of-law framework can be expected to arrive at efficient solutions.” ~ Richard W. Fulmer & Robert L. Bradley Jr.