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Growth of Government and Accountability to Society

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 11, 2012

How Not to Cure Chronic Diseases

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Have Congress pass costly legislation that fails to address the problem it’s trying to solve.
April 24, 2012

The Handicaps of the Disabilities Act

Let the government pay for wheelchair ramps and chairlifts.
April 10, 2012

My Primer for Obama

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

Herbert Hoover's Road Not Taken

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Completed forty-eight years ago, his magnum opus appears at last. George H. Nash discusses its insights into our thirty-first president. By Charity Nebbe.

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

April 6, 2012

Living with the U.N.

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The world body cannot escape from its own persistent and severe limitations, but perhaps the United States can. By Kenneth Anderson.