A Quick and Easy Way to Reduce Income Inequality
The best way to address the problem of income inequality is to ensure that lower-income workers can accumulate wealth, and the best way to do that is to replace Social Security with personal retirement accounts.
Breaches and Breakdowns
Cyberattacks are a big and growing problem; fortunately, there are legislative ways to address the problem that will increase cooperation without stifling innovation.
The Minimum Wage Is a Price-Control Debate
Minimum wage legislation is just another form of price controls. Most economists understand why price controls don't work, but many people forget those principles with respect to the minimum wage.
What Is a Democratic Socialist?
Bernie Sanders claims to be a "democratic socialist." Fortunately the group Democratic Socialists of America can tell us what that means.
Busting the Sequester Means Busting Any Claim to Being Limited-Government Republicans
President Obama says he will veto any budget that doesn't bust the sequester spending caps, and at least some Republicans are willing to do just that.
Hillary Clinton's Plan to Make Prescription Drugs More Expensive
Hillary Clinton introduces her prescription drug plan intended to lower prices and increase competition, but will have exactly the opposite effect.
Climate Scientists Predict Antarctic Ice Will Melt Even as It Grows
A climate model predicts that Antarctica will melt even as Antarctic sea ice reaches record levels.
Securing Our Rights Through ECPA Reform
James Madison, and George Mason before him, were clear in the language in the Fourth Amendment, that the people and anything they own must be protected from unreasonable and warrantless government searches and seizures. So why aren't we?
The Republicans' Failed Attempt to Return to 'Regular Order'
The Republican leadership promised to return to regular order but failed miserably, making many wonder of the House speaker an Senate majority leader are up to the job.
FCC Fails to Suspend the Laws of Economics
The early data is in: The FCC's onerous new regulation has resulted in a precipitous drop in broadband investment.