President Trump has proposed a 50-year mortgage for new homebuyers, ostensibly to make housing more affordable. Actually, this financial instrument will make housing more costly and do nothing to address…
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How Setting the Grand Teton Speed Record Nearly Landed a Dog Dad in the Doghouse
Mike Fox When fellow Husky owner Michelino Sunseri broke the Grand Teton speed record, his athletic achievement should have been cause for celebration. Instead, it fueled a lengthy legal battle with…
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Barnes v. Felix Brief: Juries, Not Judges, Need to Decide the Reasonableness of Force
Matthew Cavedon In 2016, Ashtian Barnes was killed by Harris County, Texas, Deputy Constable Roberto Felix, following a traffic stop for unpaid tolls. As Barnes apparently tried to drive away,…
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Bob Murphy and Jonathan Newman walk through his claim that real‑world exchanges clear markets—even with supposedly “sticky” prices—and what that implies for money, contracts, inventories, and unemployment statistics.
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As Americans celebrate the destructive wars that helped shape this country, we also remember that free markets promote peace and individual liberty.
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Total mortgage debt will increase as actual ownership in equity will go down. If homeownership does increase, it will be “ownership” of the sort where the homeowner has little to…
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Based on their writings, what insights do Hayek and Mises provide about the recent election of Mamdani?
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NEW Book: School Choice Long Preceded Friedman and Brown, and Remains for Reasons Well Beyond Them
Neal McCluskey It’s curious: Both opponents and proponents of school choice—government funding myriad options families select, not just government schools—often write like the educational freedom movement started in the 1950s.…
A few hours studying the lessons of history can prevent heaps of grave-digging in the coming years. None of the veterans we celebrate on Veterans Day died protecting freedom in…
Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman The ongoing government shutdown—now the longest in US history—has brought renewed attention to Washington’s biggest non-healthcare welfare program: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or…