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POLITICS
Waiving Big Pharma’s Intellectual Property Rights is a Gross Injustice
A movement is underway to pressure the Biden Administration to waive global intellectual property (IP) rights to COVID vaccines developed in the United States.
Tariffs, Transportation Costs & The Case for Unilateral Free Trade
A policy of unilateral free trade is analytically equivalent in its effects to a fall in inbound transportation costs while outbound transportation costs remain the same.
The Need to Identify the Unseen
When politicians announce a new program or policy, they tell us of all the great benefits that will result.
Frances Tiafoe and the Incoherence of Universal Representation
If it were true that young people need someone to “look like them” to believe they can do something, we’d never have any “firsts.” Young players would simply give up trying.
The Way Out of the Social Security Mess
A plan to shut down Social Security without cutting benefits to existing retirees or raising payroll taxes on existing workers, leaving everyone better off.
Hatred of Western Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America
The late Dr. John Lewis read this statement to his class on September 12, 2001 — the day after America was attacked by Islamic Jihadists. His words are all the more relevant today.
The Deadly Climate Obsession of Governments
Governments everywhere have been undermining productive work, driven by a destructive climate change ideology that has developed into an obsession: stopping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, despite human suffering.
Biden and Trump are Two Faces of Fascism
The only difference between the Biden version of fascism and the conservative version is whose property they seek to control.
Business Tax Exemptions and the U.S. Oil Industry
The uniformity-of-profit principle sheds light on the effect of business tax exemptions and their elimination.
The Injustice of Banning Novak Djokovic From Playing in the 2022 US Open
The Biden administration bans the best tennis player in the world, unvaccinated Novak Djokovic, from playing in the 2022 US Open, even though the CDC says he is safe, preventing Djokovic from tying Rafael Nadal’s 22 grand slam record. Politics, not science.
Blame the Federal Diabetic Assault (FDA) for High Insulin Prices
The insulin pricing problem is a result of the government regulating business.
An Open Letter to American Leftists
Andrew Bernstein’s open challenge to American leftists.
Defending the Free Market
We can’t predict what solutions and innovations that free individuals will discover. However, we do know that free individuals, and only free individuals, can and do find solutions and innovations.
Free-Market Medicine
The health-care market has failed to produce high-quality, low-cost medicine for two reasons: consumers are insulated from the cost of medical care by third-party payers, and information on the performance of competing physicians is not available.
California Housing: Force Isn’t the Solution
In 2024, voter in Los Angeles will vote on an initiative that would force hotel operators to rent vacant rooms to the city’s homeless.
How To Tame a Bureaucracy? Get Rid of It
When bureaucrats speak of their stakeholders, they mean their employees and the industry they manage, not the citizens.
The CDC Failed, So Spin It Off and Make It More Powerful?
The CDC’s great lockdown, mandate, and unaccountable bureaucratic “follow the science” people control experiment was an enormous flop. Abolish the CDC.
Conservatives Abandon Property Rights
Conservatives should remember their past support for property rights. But more importantly, they need to discover what that principle truly means. Until they do so, conservatives will continue to abandon property rights.
A Deeper Dive Into the CDC Reversal
Two years later the CDC has embraced the Great Barrington Declaration rather than doing a “quick and devastating takedown” as Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci called for the day after its release.
Raising a Family on a Minimum Wage: The Elephant in the Room
If we truly want to help low-income households, then we must begin by holding individuals accountable and counsel them to make better choices.
The “Right to Organize” and Freedom of Association
Tenants have the right to organize if they so choose. And landlords have the right to recognize those unions or not.
Hannah Arendt’s Chilling Thesis on Evil
Hannah Arendt’s eyewitness assessment of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann as “terribly and terrifyingly normal” took the world by surprise.
A Noncrisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Just as statists use a crisis to advance their agenda, advocates of the free market should use a noncrisis to advance our cause.