“Unfortunately, neither laudable intentions nor widespread support can alter one simple fact: although minimum wage laws can set wages, they cannot guarantee jobs.” - Linda Gorman

Health insurance can protect families from financial catastrophe. But more coverage doesn't always mean better health. Costs, competition, and access to care matter too.

The wealthy have always had access to resources most people could only dream of, but AI is changing that. Ella Dawson explains how new technology can put powerful tools in the hands of ordinary people.

“The fact that trade protection hurts the economy of the country that imposes it is one of the oldest but still most startling insights economics has to offer.” - Jagdish Bhagwati

"A former employee of the AI firm Anthropic, Jacob Coxon, recently went viral for being a whistleblower about the future of artificial intelligence. “I believe that if we don’t slow down at the current rate of progress, there is a strong chance that we could all die in the immedi…Mostrar mais

“As in the case of other price ceilings, rent control causes shortages, diminution in the quality of the product, and queues.” - Walter Block ✍🏻

Freedom recognizes that every person is the owner of their own life.

For every common person who hates AI, there is a common person using AI.

“The argument in favor of licensing always has been that it protects the public from incompetents, charlatans, and quacks. The main effect, however, is simply to restrict entry and reduce competition in the licensed occupation.” - S. David Young

"Not only did Marx predict that capitalism would generate pauperisation; he also added that it generated persistent pressure to lengthen working hours and lower labour’s share of national income. Historical evidence runs strongly against these predictions." - @VincentGeloso

“Economists now see that the perfect competition model relies on assumptions, such as everyone having perfect information and zero transaction costs, that are inappropriate for analyzing real-world production and distribution problems.” - Fred S. McChesney

Institutions drive or supress development long after colonial masters have moved out.

“Some of the groups that are hurt by foreign competition wield enough political power to obtain protection against imports. Consequently, barriers to trade continue to exist despite their sizable economic costs.” - Douglas A. Irwin

A country can remain beautiful, wealthy, and famous while its economy stops moving.

“In the absence of any effective pressure from consumers whose money is taken in taxation, state industries tend to be dominated by producer interests.” - Madsen Pirie

Production is not just about making things, but about creating value for people.

“Economists trying to explain government spending have recently attributed it to special interest coalitions lobbying the government to transfer wealth to them. The term economists use to describe such lobbying is "rent-seeking."” - Gordon Tullock

"Prices tell us what is valuable to produce and also what isn’t. This is nothing to do with capitalism or indeed any other method of running an economy. They’re just the information we need to know what’s worth doing." - Tim Worstall

“When people are prohibited from reaping much of what they sow, they will sow more sparingly.” - James D. Gwartney ✍🏻

More healthcare spending doesn’t always mean better health. A landmark study found that free care increased medical use, but not average health outcomes.

“Although legislators are expected to pursue the "public interest," they make decisions on how to use other people's resources, not their own.” - Jane S. Shaw

“Under real competition, which is what capitalism delivered, companies are rivals for sales and profits.” - Robert Hessen 👀

Reagan. 🇺🇸

"Government, not investors, is the root problem of housing prices. Rather than take on barriers to construction, politicians find it easier to blame Wall Street." - David Youngberg

“Well-defined and well-protected property rights replace competition by violence with competition by peaceful means.” - Armen A. Alchian

“Your body is a machine, but your mind is its driver, and you must drive as far as your mind will take you, with achievement as the goal of your road.” - Ayn Rand

When you buy something, shouldn't you have the right to fix it?

One conclusion to draw is that Sánchez has not done enough to stimulate activity in the construction industry.

“It took courage to criticize top-down control after the scary calamities of the Depression, yet Hayek’s vision would be vindicated by subsequent events.” - William Easterly

You can’t build a secure energy system on power you can’t always count on. Sebastian Charleton explains why Britain needs reliable energy, fewer planning barriers, and a serious plan to lower costs.

“Since the effect of any individual vote is so very small, it does not pay a voter to acquire information unless his stake in the initial issue is enormously greater than the cost of information.” - Kenneth Arrow

Economics should help us understand society, not control it.

"Britain was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution—where cheap, abundant coal fuelled the inventions that built the modern world. Those breakthroughs—railways, modern medicine and electricity—transformed humanity. But we often forget that it was energy, our ability to produce i…Mostrar mais

“What is called an educated person is often someone who has had a dangerously superficial exposure to a wide spectrum of subjects.” - Thomas Sowell

"Wherever it has been tested, punishing wealth does not redistribute prosperity so much as drive prosperity elsewhere, and the closer a society comes to Jamaica’s experiment, the more of its own future it forfeits in the process." - Lipton Matthews

“Unlike the perfectly competitive world, competition is a process of discovering opportunities for profit, and then adjusting market conditions so that these opportunities tend to be exploited.” - Dominick Armentano

During World War II, the US government imposed wage controls to contain inflation. With labor increasingly scarce, employers struggled to attract workers because they couldn't freely raise wages.

Californians say their state is heading in the wrong direction, but keep backing the tax policies that could make things worse. Kerry Jackson explains why California needs to rethink its approach before more people and businesses leave.

“The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant…. His culture is based on ‘I am not too sure.’” - H.L. Mencken 🤔

"Long before it was even a state, California was the destination for the hard working, the enterprising, the free thinking, the dynamic dreamers who have left their marks in countless positive and useful ways. It was always moving in the right direction, ever upward. But as 2026…Mostrar mais

“One acquires proficiency in the art of economic thinking largely by learning to recognize the ingenious ways in which market participants overcome obstacles to mutually advantageous exchanges.” - Paul Heyne

Freedom allows ideas to compete and everyone to make their own choices.

Voters should not be afraid to reassess their policy preferences, particularly in light of their concern about the direction of the state.

“In reality, the daily life of an average person before the advent of capitalism was much crueler than even the images evoked by Balzac of the 19th-century industrial age, which have haunted our conscience since adolescence.” - Jean-Philippe Delsol 😯

"In other words, when two groups come into contact with one another they either fight or they trade. Fighting is almost always a negative-sum interaction; both lose. Trading is a positive-sum interaction; both gain." - Tom G. Palmer

“The interesting thing about the British experience, however, is that it was almost entirely native private enterprise that found both the initiative and the capital to lay down the system of communications which was essential to the British industrial revolution.” - Phyllis De…Mostrar mais

Why isn't the government selling its unused land to investors for housing projects?

The cost of regulations appears everywhere. Businesses spend money on compliance, which affects consumers and workers through higher prices, lower wages, fewer job opportunities and reduced investment.

“Force – sending a policeman to take the money from somebody’s pocket – is fundamentally at the basis of the philosophy of the welfare state.” - Milton Friedman

Hawaii’s housing crisis isn’t just making rent unaffordable, it’s driving poverty. Keli‘i Akina explains why cutting red tape and building more homes could be a real solution, unlike policies that make housing harder to build.