By Jeffrey A. Tucker Two nutritionists (Dariush Mozaffarian and Dan Glickman) have sounded the alarm about the American diet, saying bluntly what most of us know intuitively to be true: Americans are sick — much sicker than many realize. More than 100 million adults — almost half the entire adult population — have pre-diabetes or diabetes. Cardiovascular disease afflicts … [Read more...] about More Force Won’t Fix the American Diet
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I Was a Physician at a Federally Qualified Health Center. Here’s Why I No Longer Believe Government Health Care Can Work
By Rebekah Bernard M.D. In my medical training, a fellow physician tried to convince me that my liberal leanings on health care were misguided. While I firmly believed that the government had an important role in providing access to medical care—particularly to the underserved—my colleague argued that the government’s role in, well, anything, should be practically … [Read more...] about I Was a Physician at a Federally Qualified Health Center. Here’s Why I No Longer Believe Government Health Care Can Work
Kids Ordered to Pay Sales Tax at Children’s Expo Receive a Sad Lesson in Entrepreneurship
By Brittany Hunter Twelve-year-old Lucie Wise couldn’t wait to open her own business. On three separate occasions, she had accompanied her mother to the Children’s Entrepreneur Market—an expo of child-run businesses hosted annually by the Utah nonprofit Libertas Institute—dreaming of the day she could set up her own booth and sell her wares to curious passersby. Lucie’s … [Read more...] about Kids Ordered to Pay Sales Tax at Children’s Expo Receive a Sad Lesson in Entrepreneurship
How Honesty and Trust Make The Free Market Thrive
By Bradley Thomas Critics of free-market economies often attempt to tar such systems as being run by “greed.” Indeed, even many advocates of market economies emphasize that free markets are effective at harnessing the motivating factor of self-interest to generate widespread benefits. Honesty, Trust, and Markets Often overlooked in the discussion, however, is just how … [Read more...] about How Honesty and Trust Make The Free Market Thrive
The Hidden Costs Behind Every Government Program
By Gor Mkrtchian When the State constructs a new bike lane, school, or begins a new space mission, the natural inclination of the majority is to cheer this new endeavor as progressive. We possess one new structure or have accomplished one new task than before; society has moved forward, the thinking goes. The State is responsible for truly technically impressive or … [Read more...] about The Hidden Costs Behind Every Government Program
The Coming Whiskey Bubble?
By Matt Kubiak As Austrians we are always looking for evidence to lead us to the next bubble. I think most of us are on high alert after a decade of easy money, stock price inflation, and ever decreasing bond yields. However, identifying the specific bubble sector(s) ahead of time is extremely difficult (unless you are Mark Thornton). This notwithstanding, one industry … [Read more...] about The Coming Whiskey Bubble?
Doing What You Want With Your Money Is a Fundamental Right
By Jamie Redman Since the birth of Bitcoin, crusaders fighting for the separation of money and state discovered a new payment tool that bypasses the nation state’s control over the monetary system. For over ten years now, lots of people have been using digital currencies to hide from prying eyes of governments in order to free themselves from a system that contributes to … [Read more...] about Doing What You Want With Your Money Is a Fundamental Right
Solar Roads: Another Government-Funded Energy Failure
By Ross Marchand Surprise—solar panels don’t make great roads. The French government recently learned this the hard way after debuting a $6 million solar road in Normandy in 2016. The road generated about half as much power as expected, and costs exceeded any reasonable expectation for a road…or even a solar panel. An American experiment in solar roads fared similarly. In … [Read more...] about Solar Roads: Another Government-Funded Energy Failure
Venezuela’s Health Care System Is in Shambles, but Markets Are Already Responding
By Byron Carson Hospitals are supposed to help people, not become a source of their ailment. Hospitals Work in Many Places Generally, hospitals do help people. According to the data and graphing tools of Gapminder, rates of child mortality and malnourishment are negatively correlated with the number of physicians per 1,000 people and the number of hospital beds per 1,000 … [Read more...] about Venezuela’s Health Care System Is in Shambles, but Markets Are Already Responding
Tariffs Accelerate Trucking and Shipping Slide
By Peter C. Earle Trucking and transportation firms more broadly are both seasonal and cyclical businesses, and some of the earliest signs of damage from the current administration’s trade war with China are beginning to reveal themselves. Traditionally a leading indicator, transportation and shipping data often take two to three quarters to show up in broader national … [Read more...] about Tariffs Accelerate Trucking and Shipping Slide
Just When You Think You Own Your Own Private Property…
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man The year was 1967. Ronald Reagan had just become governor of California. Aretha Franklin was belting out R-E-S-P-E-C-T on the radio. Marxist revolutionary leader Che Guevara was captured and executed in Bolivia. And a restaurant chain called The White Spot opened its newest location in Denver, Colorado. It was a popular diner; the White … [Read more...] about Just When You Think You Own Your Own Private Property…
5 Tips for College Students to Avoid Burnout
By Ryan Korstange Burnout is a stress-related state of exhaustion and often leads to feelings of isolation, low accomplishment, and even depression. Although research has long shown that burnout affects employees, we now know burnout also affects students. As a researcher who specializes in identifying strategies to help college students get through their first year of … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for College Students to Avoid Burnout