Ben Affleck Lives on $1.50 Per Day


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Why celebrities can’t overcome the myth that one’s socioeconomic condition is random.

Supporters of Obamacare Admit It Hurts the Poor


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The laws of economics take hold.

Art Laffer Introduces Obama to Econ 101


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Debunking the attacks against Romney-Ryan tax reform.

What Economics Can’t Tell Us


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The difficulties of a subjective world.

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The Mysticism of ‘Social Justice’


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A phrase that has stopped many people from thinking for at least a century — and counting.

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The Road to Freedom


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How to win the fight for free enterprise.

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Presidential Nonsense


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Obama once again reveals his economic ignorance.

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Paul Krugman’s Convenient Lie About Global Warming Science


The economist and New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman wrote an article today entitled “The Truth, Still Inconvenient.” In it, he tried to portray recent congressional testimony by a global warming skeptic, Berkeley physics Prof. Richard Muller, as supportive of the findings of global warming scientists themselves.

Has the Ayn Rand “Cult” Brainwashed the Tea Party?


Leftist Rule for Engaging Conservative Ideas #1: conservatives’ motives are never what they claim. It must be rigorously asserted that right-wingers are invariably driven by impulses more sinister than making people better off or trying to find solutions to the problems we face. New Republic senior editor Jonathan Chait knows that lesson by heart—on the Daily Beast, he argues that from the lowliest Tea Partier all the way up to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the Right is animated by a view of “the poor as parasites” and “the rich as our rightful rulers,” a dogma we’ve picked up from philosopher Ayn Rand.

Paul Krugman’s Convenient Lie About Global Warming Science


The economist and New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman wrote an article today entitled “The Truth, Still Inconvenient.” In it, he tried to portray recent congressional testimony by a global warming skeptic, Berkeley physics Prof. Richard Muller, as supportive of the findings of global warming scientists themselves.