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"Mill, Havel, and Kundera all point us to a terrible truth: our moral weakness, desire to evade responsibility, and illusion that the majority makes right have led us down the slippery slope of forfeiting our…

“AIER’s Everyday Price Index fell 1.3 in December, the fifth decline in the last six months. Emerging signs of slowing economic activity, an aggressive Fed tightening cycle, and fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine…

“Initial claims fell slightly, but job cut announcements are trending higher. Elevated consumer price increases and aggressive Fed tightening remain major risks for the economic outlook.” ~ Robert Hughes

"The standard career strategy ('write and publish a whole bunch of papers even if no one ever reads them') will no longer be viable. It’s not clear this is bad, in most disciplines." ~ Michael C. Munger

"Robert Frost’s masterful poem gives economists and students many opportunities to learn about property rights, self-governance, and peaceful cooperation." ~ Byron B. Carson

A month ago The Guardian ran a story exposing the fact that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak received private healthcare.

"If history is not a debate about the facts, then it is not history. When you see your opponents’ views as all lies, myths, and legends, it might say more about the way you engage your opposition than the content of…

Ashley N’Dakpri runs Afro Touch, a hair-braiding salon in Louisiana.

"If we truly believe that Americans should be considered innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until proven innocent, then we need to end the scourge of civil asset forfeiture entirely." ~ Joe Setyon

This week I have a question from Stephen who asks about whether consumers are really rational.