Reprinted with permission from the Online Library of Liberty Professor Walter Williams left an uncomplicated legacy that was grounded in liberty and the movement of free markets. Human history is the...

Once in a while, a voice you’ve never heard seems to come out of nowhere. The voice punches you in the gut with concision and force. When that happens, you...

In his American Institute for Economic Research article, “Hijacking Liberalism: Spencer’s The Man Versus the State,” Alberto Mingardi laid out how, “After Richard Hofstadter invented the ominous label ‘Social Darwinist,’...

Retail sales and food-services spending rose 3.8 percent in January following a 2.5 percent drop in December. The strong gain suggests first quarter gross domestic product may be off to...

Disagreement among people with widely different priors and principles is commonplace. Much rarer, and frequently more interesting, is disagreement among people who share with each other many of the same...

There is no need whatsoever for government to provide, subsidize, or control education. As with all other services, people can voluntarily offer to provide teaching or training, and those who...

MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace wants the world to know she’s “a Fauci groupie.” She describes herself as a virtuous devotee: “I’m thrice-vaccinated, mask adherent. I buy KN95 masks by the, you...

An unspoken casualty of Covid-19 is the civil debate over public health policy. It effectively flatlined in 2020, and two years later it shows no signs of life. Since the...

Twice now, back in 2013, and on Twitter more recently (see here and here), I’ve taken Yale economics professor Gary Gorton’s publications to task for misrepresenting the historical record of private currency systems. In particular, I’ve criticized...

We construct much of our lives around events. If you asked me what had happened in my life over the last year I would give you some highlights: eldest son...