Common Sense Economics

April 14, 2018 – Eric Peters …… Keeping the size – and weight – of a car down is the key to getting the mileage up and the cost down. And better fuel economy makes environmentalists smile. So why does the government ban these cars? Continue reading →

March 27, 2018 – James Agresti …… When governments force employers to provide benefits, the costs of those benefits mainly come out of workers’ paychecks. Continue reading →

February 22, 2018 – Laurence Vance …… If government funding of a space program is justified because it has “benefits,” then no argument can be made against government funding of anything. Continue reading →

February 21, 2018 – Walter Williams …… In 1790, farmers were 90 percent of the U.S. labor force. Today less than 3 percent of Americans are employed in agriculture. If technology had not destroyed all of those agricultural jobs, we would be a much, much poorer nation. Continue reading →

February 8, 2018 – Craig Eyermann …… The government is always spending someone else’s (taxpayers) money, which means it has no incentive to spend wisely. Continue reading →

January 21, 2018 – Patrick Barron …… It was wrong to build the Hubble Space Telescope with tax dollars. Continue reading →

December 9, 2017 – Jairaj Devadiga …… Government does not need to do more to promote female entrepreneurship. Continue reading →

November 28, 2017 – Lee Friday …… As the Bureau pretends to be the consumers’ guardian angel, it wastes taxpayers’ dollars on counterproductive activities. Continue reading →

November 26, 2017 – Jeffrey Tucker …… They are relatively free of federal regulation, and that’s what makes them great. Continue reading →

October 25, 2017 – Lee Friday …… The free market encourages conservation of resources. Government programs do not ! Continue reading →