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Economic Prosperity and Fiscal Responsibility

May 23, 2012

Why Capitalism?

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Because it’s the only system that maximizes growth and personal freedom.
May 15, 2012

Michael Sandel Is Wrong on Markets...

...and (no surprise!) Tom Friedman is wrong, too.
May 8, 2012

Higher Education for All?

The federal government needs to rein in the business of making student loans.
May 1, 2012

Beyond Austerity

We must liberalize labor markets, not rely on macroeconomic “fixes.”
April 23, 2012

The Pollution Solution

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Image credit: Barbara Kelley
Save the environment, one property right at a time.
April 19, 2012

Earth Day, the Free Market Way

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Image credit: AlicePopkorn
Environmentalism today rejects science and technology, ensuring abject misery for the poorest on our planet.
April 10, 2012

My Primer for Obama

On the differences between Social Darwinism and laissez-faire economics.
April 6, 2012

Europe's Only Choice

No longer able to devalue its way to competitiveness, Europe can save itself in just one way: reforming its welfare states. By Michael J. Boskin.

April 6, 2012

Let the Market Work

When a government enacts stimulus programs and manipulates asset prices, it can only buy time. By Kevin M. Warsh.

April 6, 2012

Tradegy of the Commons, in Two Acts

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Image credit: Taylor Jones

A classic parable of shared resources explains the woes besetting both the euro and U.S. debt. By Gary D. Libecap.