Silver isn’t a “Giffen good.” It’s a case of shifting demand, not broken economics.

Colleen Hroncich “Phew!” That’s the sound echoing around Idaho today after the state supreme court ruled yesterday in favor of the new Idaho…

Jeffrey Miron President Trump’s suspension of immigrant visas for 75 countries took effect on January 21. The pause affects those who seek to immigrate…

John F. Early and Terence Kealey In our Cato working paper “Mission Lost: How NIH Leaders Stole Its Promise to America,” Terence Kealey…

Colleen Hroncich Although she had a long career teaching in public schools, Genevieve Hinnant saw that her kids needed something else. Her third-grade…

While Brazil calls itself a constitutional democracy that has a market economy, private property and markets themselves are subject to conditions set by…

Understanding history is not about understanding formulas or narratives. Instead, we must understand the people who made history, their motives, and their goals.

Modern political economy is based upon a Machiavellian belief in might makes right. Yet, political power cannot accomplish what free markets and private…

Economist Robert Barro has questioned the necessity of fighting a war in this country to end slavery. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr.…

Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute and Christopher Calton of the Independent Institute talk about why politicians want higher home prices. Even Trump…