On average, people live longer in richer and freer countries than they do in poor ones. Knowing this, does it make sense to deliberately make a country poorer? Published March 22, 2021
The new Congress seems intent on passing laws that will result in massive civil disobedience. Published March 15, 2021
The numbers show -- feeling that you are less free is not an illusion. Published March 8, 2021
One needs to be very ignorant of economics or mean-spirited to think it is permissible to tax people on real wealth losses. Published March 1, 2021
Will inflation increase, and if so, how will it affect you? The short answer is that many economists, including yours truly, expect inflation to increase. Published February 22, 2021
Should taxpayers be forced to spend approximately 1 million dollars to protect each member of the House and Senate in the absence of specific threats to justify such expenditures? Published February 15, 2021
In the next 50 years, what do you think is more likely to kill you: a pandemic; a major war, including the use of nuclear, biological or electronic weapons; the income-destroying effects of a global economic meltdown or the effects of global warming? Published February 8, 2021
It is rather ironic that those most active in trying to repress the freedom of speech and thought of others are most often found in the academy, high-tech information giants, and the press. Published February 1, 2021
It is unlikely that President Biden and his advisers dislike the young, uneducated and unskilled, but their proposal to double the minimum wage to $15 per hour is unspeakably mean. Published January 25, 2021
The persistent myth is that government spending increases economic growth when, in fact, it slows growth beyond a certain point. Published January 18, 2021
Do you have freedom of speech if you have no means of distributing your ideas to large numbers of others? Published January 11, 2021
Will inflation in the U.S. return in a big way? Inflation is a rise in the average price level, caused by an increase in the supply and/or velocity of money. Published January 4, 2021
The pandemic will be over when the U.S. reaches herd immunity. Herd immunity is the level of individual immunity where the spread of the disease from person to person becomes unlikely, and results in the whole community becoming protected, even those who are not immune. Published December 28, 2020
Approximately one-tenth of 1% of the population of the U.S. has died as a result of the COVID-19 virus -- which is a great tragedy -- but by historical standards it is barely measurable. Published December 21, 2020
Two decades ago, most economists -- including me -- believed that as a country became richer it would likely become more democratic and more protective of basic human rights and liberty. Published December 14, 2020
Four decades ago, I had an extraordinary piece of good luck -- I became friends with the great Walter E. Williams, who passed away last week at age 84. Published December 7, 2020
Elon Musk has just passed Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg to become the second-richest man after Jeff Bezos -- all of whom are worth more than $100 billion. Published November 30, 2020
Scientists have done what was thought to be impossible and that is to produce COVID-19 vaccines in a matter of months. But now the real battles begin. Published November 23, 2020
Some of presumptive President-elect Joe Biden's advisers have advocated a new and even more extreme shutdown of the country to allegedly stop the COVID-19 virus. Published November 16, 2020
If you were pro-Trump and had been told for the last several years by the mainstream media that Trump supporters are stupid, racist, bigoted, homophobes, etc. when poll-takers asked for your opinion, are you going to tell them the truth? Published November 9, 2020
