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Health Care ATE America
In 1960, six years before the start of Medicare and Medicaid, America spent about $27 billion on health care.
The Fragile Generation
BAD POLICY AND PARANOID PARENTING ARE MAKING KIDS TOO SAFE TO SUCCEED.
Goodbye, Obama
The outgoing president leaves a loaded gun in the Oval Office.
Democrats Defect From Obamacare
Meanwhile, the GOP learns to stop worrying and love Obama’s signature legislative victory.
Will Today's Global Trade Wars Lead To World War III?
The splintering of international economic interdependence is a worrying sign for peace through trade.
Why Are Cops Putting Kids In Cuffs?
Federal funding, zero tolerance, and lack of choice encourage the creeping criminalization of student misbehavior.
Are Robots Going to Steal Our Jobs?
Many technologists think so, but economists aren’t so easily convinced.
How Not To Build A Jail
The D.C. jail has been a disaster for more than 100 years. Can a new jail avoid the mistakes of the past?
Up Close And Personal With Philadelphia's Heroin Crisis
Journalist Christopher Moraff talks about a better way to report on drug culture in America.
The Shocking Waste Hidden Inside The $126 Billion Afghan Reconstruction
“Congress has appropriated $126 billion for Afghanistan reconstruction since Fiscal Year 2002,” wrote Special Inspector General John F. Sopko in testimony delivered in May to the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management.
The Life And Death Of A Hollywood Blacklist
Sometimes Censorship Is A Public-private Partnership.
Everything You Know About State Education Rankings Is Wrong
You probably thinkyou know which states have the best and worst education systems in the country.
Dissent And Disarray In Putin's Russia
The authoritarian President’s hold on power may be shakier than it looks.
Has America's Obsession With Manufacturing Jobs Gone Too Far?
A wisconsin town is spending billions, seizing homes, and breaking state law to lure a Taiwanese company.
Can Laundry And Lettuce Save Cleaveland?
A worker-owned co-op that even a capitalist could love is washing linens for the cleveland clinic and growing vegetables for the city.
Do Partisans Hate Each Other More Than Ever?
Scholars try to explain today’s political warfare.
Congress Needs An Opioid Intervention
In an effortto combat the opioid crisis in America, Congress is calling for a slate of governmental interventions that have been tried, tested, and shown to cause more harm.
Americans Should Impeach Presidents More Often
We don’t do it nearly enough.
The Dangerous Toys Of Christmas Past
Hungry Cabbage Patch Kids, loose bear eyeballs, hot Creepy Crawlers, and more
Trump Takes On Obamacare
Trump Takes On Obamacare
Public Sector Unions On Trial
Public Sector Unions On Trial
Against Capitalism
Against Capitalism
The Annual Federal Spending Frenzy Is A Terrible Fall Tradition
The Annual Federal Spending Frenzy Is A Terrible Fall Tradition
The Volokh Conspiracy Comes To Reason
In December, the cast of characters known collectively as The Volokh Conspiracy left The Washington Post—where they have made their home since 2014—and moved to reason.com. Shortly before the eclectic crew of legal bloggers began their migration, the conspiracy’s namesake and unofficial ringleader, University of California, Los Angeles law professor Eugene Volokh, talked with Reason’s Nick Gillespie about life, liberty, and the law.
When Governments Suspend Their Own Rules
Special economic zones can be anything from tools of crony capitalism to seeds of a freer world order.
The Awful Supreme Court Precedent That Helped Create Today's Asset Forfeiture Nightmare
CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE is one of the most destructive and flagrantly unconstitutional government practices occurring in the United States today.
Will Hawaiians Who Use Medical Pot Lose Their Right To Own A Gun?
HAWAII IS ONE of 29 states that allow medical use of marijuana.
America's Secret Death Penalty Drugs
IN NOVEMBER, THE Omaha World-Herald sent a simple records request to the Nebraska state government.
The U.S Needs More Immigrants
Without young workers, the economy can’t grow.
Freeborn Frank Turner
The British musician brings a libertarian sensibility to his new folk-punk album.