Fighting Collectivism
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Why Public Schooling Delivers War, Not Peace
Forcing people with diverse values to fund a single system of government schools fuels constant political and social conflict.
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How Bureaucracy Fueled the Los Angeles Wildfires
Half of California is ‘publicly owned’ and subject to multiple bureaucracies. They not only neglected fire controls, but fined people who took basic precautions.
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American Leviathan: Ned Ryun’s Book Confronts America’s Progressive Administrative State
“American Leviathan,” says our reviewer, is a “must-read historical study on the origins and growth of America’s progressive, unconstitutional administrative state.”
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Corporate Handouts are Un-American
The power of companies, like government, is supposed to come from the people they serve.
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Want Progress? Lose the Spoon Jobs
Productivity means learning to do more work with less labor. The only way to gain jobs is to lose jobs.
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Understanding Public Debt Redux
Readers have sent in excellent questions about public debt since the release of our Explainer. Here, the authors answer a few.
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What ‘Trading Places’ Can Teach You about Racism (the Old and the New)
The old-school racism make a rewatch uncomfortable. But are we sliding back toward those ugly attitudes in the name of “antiracism”?
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How the Ancient Greeks ‘Protected’ Democracy — and What It Teaches Us Today
The Athenian practice of exiling citizens who allegedly posed a threat to democracy sounds crude, but also familiar.
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David Hume on How Not to Lose Your Mind
Our intellectual arrogance and cultivated grievances too often overwhelm our reason and inner peace. But we don’t have to let them.
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Requiem for a Broken Progressive Dream: On Sore Losers and Gracious Winners
Echo chambers prevented many from hearing what voters actually care about.
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Why Public Schooling Delivers War, Not Peace
Forcing people with diverse values to fund a single system of government schools fuels constant political and social conflict.
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How Bureaucracy Fueled the Los Angeles Wildfires
Half of California is ‘publicly owned’ and subject to multiple bureaucracies. They not only neglected fire controls, but fined people who took basic precautions.
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American Leviathan: Ned Ryun’s Book Confronts America’s Progressive Administrative State
“American Leviathan,” says our reviewer, is a “must-read historical study on the origins and growth of America’s progressive, unconstitutional administrative state.”
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Corporate Handouts are Un-American
The power of companies, like government, is supposed to come from the people they serve.
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Want Progress? Lose the Spoon Jobs
Productivity means learning to do more work with less labor. The only way to gain jobs is to lose jobs.
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Understanding Public Debt Redux
Readers have sent in excellent questions about public debt since the release of our Explainer. Here, the authors answer a few.
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What ‘Trading Places’ Can Teach You about Racism (the Old and the New)
The old-school racism make a rewatch uncomfortable. But are we sliding back toward those ugly attitudes in the name of “antiracism”?
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How the Ancient Greeks ‘Protected’ Democracy — and What It Teaches Us Today
The Athenian practice of exiling citizens who allegedly posed a threat to democracy sounds crude, but also familiar.
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David Hume on How Not to Lose Your Mind
Our intellectual arrogance and cultivated grievances too often overwhelm our reason and inner peace. But we don’t have to let them.
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Requiem for a Broken Progressive Dream: On Sore Losers and Gracious Winners
Echo chambers prevented many from hearing what voters actually care about.