The black market’s best friend is the state. And thanks to the criminalization of substances such as heroin, West Virginia is seeing a horrific spike in the number of fentanyl-related …
West Virginia Sees 122% Spike in Fentanyl-Related Deaths
Author: Alice Salles
The Notre Dame Fire and Our Rejection of Economic Thinking
Monday’s horrific Notre Dame fire wasn’t just an attack, even if figuratively, against a landmark cherished by the over one billion Roman Catholics worldwide. As Jeff Deist, the Mises Institute …
AOC, Dems Shoot Themselves in the Foot Scolding DeVos
During a congressional hearing on Wednesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos defended a proposal to cut $200 million of taxpayer-backed funds used for literacy efforts. But despite explaining that the federal …
Report: Middle Class out of Reach for Millennials
Millennials grew up hearing the world was at their fingertips. But as adults, they are having a hard time making their mark, as the economy worsens and the cost of …
AOC Fans Reject ‘Democratic Socialist’ Label, Keep the Policies
A Siena College poll found that while the majority of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s constituents approve of her politics, they don’t identify as democratic socialists. If anything, this proves that, like …
UK Internet Censorship Plan Could Come to America
Politicians continue to fight a war against private businesses over expression, with the United Kingdom being the last to join the censorship movement. It is now only a matter of …
The Post Office Deserves No Pity
In a recent Washington Monthly article, the “political right” gets berated for supposedly destroying the U.S. Postal Service. According to the author, the agency is being run to the ground …
Freedom is Why This Small Town Flourished After the Financial Crisis
Many small towns across the country have yet to recover from the 2007 financial crisis, which lingered and became worse thanks to the Federal Reserve’s easy-money policies. However, a small …
New York’s ‘Soak the Rich’ Approach Only Helps Politicians
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo just approved a $175.5 billion budget, boasting it as the “broadest, most sweeping state plan that we have done.” Hoping to spend $19.6 billion on …
Negligent CA City Officials Ignore Economics, Raise Sales Tax
The Golden State has a bad reputation among lovers of freedom. And with residents in 51 California cities now having to pay even higher sales taxes, it’s not hard to …