Nate ThurstonMay 14, 20206 minGovernment Orders in an Act of Economic Civil DisobedienceCivil disobedience may be key to recovering our liberty and prosperity in a post-COVID world. This article was originally posted by FEE.o...
Nate ThurstonMay 5, 20203 minA Poorer Economy Means a Sicker WorldTo claim that the best policy choice is obvious is to massively oversimplify a complex world. This article was reposted from FEE.org, and...
Nate ThurstonMar 11, 20205 minThe Government Could Give Everyone a Raise through Payroll Tax CutsUpdate: President Trump is considering temporarily eliminating the Payroll Tax. A tax of 7.2% on employees, and 7.2% on employers that af...
Nate ThurstonFeb 18, 20205 minVirginia'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 D...
Nate ThurstonFeb 5, 20206 minDear Gen Z: Learn from Millennial Mistakes and Say No to Student Loan DebtAs 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 ThurstonFeb 4, 20204 min93 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 childre...
Nate ThurstonJan 29, 20205 minKobe Bryant’s “Letter to My Younger Self” Holds a Lesson for Us AllBryant’s “Letter to My Younger Self” was a warning about creating bad incentives. This article was originally posted by FEE.org, and writ...
Nate ThurstonJan 27, 20207 minPoverty in the U.S. Was Plummeting—Until Lyndon Johnson Declared War On ItYet again, government intervention hurts those it is intended to help. One of the more elementary observations about economics is that a ...
Nate ThurstonJan 27, 20205 minHow the Government Makes Nuclear Power Less SafeIf 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 ThurstonNov 1, 20196 minHow 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 listen...
Nate ThurstonOct 18, 20195 min5 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 ti...
Nate ThurstonSep 18, 20193 minWalmart Enters the Healthcare Market with Cheap Cash-Payment Clinic OptionsFor a long time, free market advocates such as myself have been suggesting that Capitalism can solve the growing issues in our healthcare...
Nate ThurstonSep 16, 20192 minThe 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
