The commonality between the insatiable rise in both healthcare costs and college tuition, post 1965, should be obvious: Massive amounts … More
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Focus on People During Economic Crises, Not Macro-Statistics – Foundation for Economic Education
By Mark Hornshaw “Economics studies human choice under scarcity. Humans must act in the present to provide for the future. … More
Panic Has Led to Government “Cures” That Are Worse than the Disease, History Shows – Foundation for Economic Education
Smoot-Hawley and the New Deal are hardly the only examples of government actions making a panic worse. Thomas Sowell recounts … More
Without Free Speech, All Speech Becomes Government Speech – Foundation for Economic Education
By Barry Brownstein A new survey conducted in the United States by the Campaign for Free Speech found 51 percent … More
If Only Economics Was as Easy as Rocket Science – Foundation for Economic Education
However, as America’s founders attested so vehemently, rights are at the core of social interactions and government, violations of which … More
When Ricky Gervais Meets Socrates: A Lesson on the Limits of Knowledge | Antony Davies, James R. Harrigan
Socrates was taken aback when the Oracle of Delphi said there was none wiser than he. Not believing the Oracle, … More
17 Facts on the Reunification of Germany – Foundation for Economic Education
“For decades, German families had been separated from one another between East Germany and West Germany. Post-World War II, the … More
Without Free Speech, All Speech Becomes Government Speech – Foundation for Economic Education
There is fundamental confusion on the source of our right to free speech. The right to free speech codified in … More
