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Tuccille | 9.22.2023 7:00 AM Inequality DESPITE THE DOOMSDAY NARRATIVE, GLOBAL INEQUALITY HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECLINED This progress has been widely shared, to the great benefit of the people at the bottom of the distribution. Veronique de Rugy | 9.14.2023 9:15 AM Movies BARBIE GIRLS NOW LIVE IN A MUCH WEALTHIER BARBIE WORLD The average working woman in 2023 earns enough money to buy a Barbie doll every 33 minutes. In 1959, it took nearly two hours. Eric Boehm | 8.12.2023 8:00 AM Freedom THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR WHO WANTS DRUG LEGALIZATION AND FREE MARKETS "Government in general does a lot of things that aren't necessary," says Jared Polis. John Stossel | 8.2.2023 12:30 AM Conservatism TWO CHEERS FOR THE "FREEDOM CONSERVATISM" STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES It has many good points. But I have some reservations and questions. 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Jacob Sullum | 5.4.2023 1:20 PM Coronavirus IAN VÁSQUEZ: COVID ACCELERATED THE GLOBAL DECLINE IN HUMAN FREEDOM Overall human freedom peaked in 2007, according to the Cato Institute, and governments' COVID response merely exacerbated the trend toward a radically less-free planet. Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller | 4.14.2023 11:00 AM Cryptocurrencies SEC TO COINBASE: NICE CRYPTO EXCHANGE YOU GOT THERE, IT'D BE A SHAME IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO IT Coinbase says the agency's assault will "only drive innovation, jobs, and the entire industry overseas." Brian Doherty | 3.23.2023 12:50 PM Financial Regulation NEW REGULATIONS WON'T STOP THE NEXT BANK COLLAPSE Plus: Another campus free speech debacle, foreign cheese groups lose Gruyere trademark case, and more... Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.17.2023 9:52 AM Taxes FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DON'T LIKE PAYING TAXES EITHER Uncle Sam's own workers owe $1.5 billion, and growing, in unpaid taxes. J.D. Tuccille | 3.17.2023 7:00 AM Economics MEET THE STUDENTS PUSHING BACK AGAINST SOCIALISM "It's very easy for politicians to legislate freedom away," says Northwood University's Kristin Tokarev. "But it's incredibly hard to get back." John Stossel | 3.8.2023 4:05 PM Conservatism DO YOUNG CONSERVATIVES STILL CARE ABOUT THE FREE MARKET? "It's not about money or jobs or fiscal conservatism," one CPAC attendee told Reason. Emma Camp | 3.2.2023 5:35 PM Federal Trade Commission FTC COMMISSIONER RESIGNS TO PROTEST AGENCY'S 'DISREGARD FOR THE RULE OF LAW' Chair Lina Khan has flouted the rule of law and due process, Commissioner Christine Wilson wrote. David McGarry | 2.16.2023 1:30 PM Federal Reserve END THE FED? A SOHO FORUM DEBATE Economists Lawrence H. White and Frederic Mishkin debate whether the Federal Reserve should be replaced with free market institutions. 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Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.8.2022 4:41 PM Immigration REVISED VERSION OF MY NEW ARTICLE ON "IMMIGRATION AND THE ECONOMIC LIBERTY OF NATIVES" The article is now up on SSRN. It explains how migration restrictions have massive negative effects on both "negative" and "positive" economic liberty of residents of destination countries. Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.6.2022 4:57 PM Globalization GLOBALIZATION IS ALIVE, WELL, AND CHANGING America can join with more free trade or it can miss out. Scott Lincicome | 6.7.2022 7:00 AM Cryptocurrencies FED REPORT SHOWS WHO'S ACTUALLY USING CRYPTO AND HOW Millions of lower-income or unbanked people are more likely to use cryptocurrency as a payment method. Andrea O'Sullivan | 5.31.2022 8:30 AM Economics GETTING PAID IN BITCOIN Unfortunately, an automatic crypto purchase made with after-tax earnings won't lower your taxable income. 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