Government Orders in an Act of Economic Civil Disobedience
Civil disobedience may be key to recovering our liberty and prosperity in a post-COVID world. This article was originally posted by...
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Nate Thurston
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
A Poorer Economy Means a Sicker World
To claim that the best policy choice is obvious is to massively oversimplify a complex world. This article was reposted from FEE.org, and...
Nate Thurston
- Mar 11, 2020
- 5 min
The Government Could Give Everyone a Raise through Payroll Tax Cuts
Update: President Trump is considering temporarily eliminating the Payroll Tax. A tax of 7.2% on employees, and 7.2% on employers that...
Nate Thurston
- Feb 18, 2020
- 5 min
Virginia's 2nd Amendment supporters have spoken- and they won, for now
The bill that had the whole country talking has failed to make it out of Senate Committee, and for the moment, is dead. Yesterday, four...
Nate Thurston
- Feb 5, 2020
- 6 min
Dear Gen Z: Learn from Millennial Mistakes and Say No to Student Loan Debt
As more Gen Zers come of age, they would be wise to learn from the mistakes of millennials and think twice before borrowing money to pay...
Nate Thurston
- Feb 4, 2020
- 4 min
93 Vermont Towns Have No Public Schools, But Great Education. How Do They Do It?
In "tuition towns," the funds local governments expect to spend per pupil are instead given directly to the parents of school-age...
Nate Thurston
- Jan 29, 2020
- 5 min
Kobe Bryant’s “Letter to My Younger Self” Holds a Lesson for Us All
Bryant’s “Letter to My Younger Self” was a warning about creating bad incentives. This article was originally posted by FEE.org, and...
Nate Thurston
- Jan 27, 2020
- 7 min
Poverty in the U.S. Was Plummeting—Until Lyndon Johnson Declared War On It
Yet again, government intervention hurts those it is intended to help. One of the more elementary observations about economics is that a...
Nate Thurston
- Jan 27, 2020
- 5 min
How the Government Makes Nuclear Power Less Safe
If the Price-Anderson Act is allowed to expire, the nuclear industry might develop new safety systems. My heart began to race as I walked...
Nate Thurston
- Nov 1, 2019
- 6 min
How Venezuelans Can Recover from the Sickness of Socialism
"We at FEE look forward to the day soon when we host a seminar in Caracas to share these principles with every Venezuelan eager to...
Nate Thurston
- Oct 18, 2019
- 5 min
5 things we could've done with the ~$27 trillion in tax dollars spent fighting the "War on Poverty"
In 1964, the U.S., and President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war. No, not on Vietnam, not on the Middle East, but on "Poverty." At that...
Nate Thurston
- Sep 18, 2019
- 3 min
Walmart Enters the Healthcare Market with Cheap Cash-Payment Clinic Options
For a long time, free market advocates such as myself have been suggesting that Capitalism can solve the growing issues in our healthcare...
Nate Thurston
- Sep 16, 2019
- 2 min
The Free-market Solution | Student Debt Crisis
“Cancel” all student debt, which is held mostly by the US Government. Roughly $1.6 Trillion. Raise taxes on the wealthy and Corporations to
Amanda Griffiths
- Aug 4, 2021
- 9 min
When is a Private Company Not a Private Company? Part 2: Fighting Cronyism After Section 230
When is a Private Company Not a Private Company? Part 2: Fighting Digital-Age Cronyism After Section 230 By Amanda Griffiths In a...
Amanda Griffiths
- Jul 27, 2021
- 10 min
When is a Private Company No Longer a Private Company? Cronyism vs. Capitalism
When is a Private Company Not a Private Company? A Case Study in Cronyism vs. Capitalism By Amanda Griffiths Pop quiz: What do Facebook...
Amanda Griffiths
- May 23, 2021
- 6 min
10 Jewish-Palestinian Questions: Part Four, and an Inconclusive Conclusion
The goal of this series is to combat the sphere of misinformation to which the most pacifistic groups of Americans are...