EconomyCommentary
Specter of Rising Inflation Threatens Future Economic Freedom
As the worst and most devastating initial economic impact of the global pandemic begins to fade, nations around the world face a number of challenges… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Lack of Economic Freedom in Central America Spurring Mass Migration
The lack of economic freedom in the countries of the Northern Triangle—Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador—has long been a consistent push factor of illegal immigration… Read More
SocietyNews
He Lived Under Socialism in Venezuela. That’s Why He’ll Never Support It.
Andres Guilarte is a university student who lived in Venezuela under a democratically elected socialist regime. Guilarte says food shortages were a daily occurrence. Venezuelans… Read More
EconomyCommentary
‘Fertilizer Taxes’ Will Hurt Farmers and Likely Drive Up Food Prices
If the existing trade disputes with China were not bad enough for American farmers, now another trade action could hurt them. It will also likely… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Meet Hair Salon Owner Who Went to Jail for Opening During COVID-19 Lockdown
Shelley Luther made national news at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic when she was arrested and jailed for a week in the spring of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
US Should Encourage Albania’s Transition to Free Market Economy
March 15 marked the 30th anniversary of the reestablishment of ties between the United States and Albania. Commemorating the occasion, U.S. Ambassador Yuri Kim noted… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How ‘Equal Pay Day’ Compares Apples and Oranges
This year, March 24 marks “Equal Pay Day”—a day that’s supposed to symbolize how far into the new year women must work to earn what… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Study Finds Economic Freedom Is Key to Curbing Fake News
Economic freedom helps to inhibit the spread of fake news, according to a recent academic paper featured in the European Journal of Information Systems. According… Read More
InternationalCommentary
More Economic Freedom, Greater Herd Immunity in Chile
Although it has faltered, Chile continues to lead South America in having a free economy, according to the 2021 edition of The Heritage Foundation’s annual… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Celebrating the Life of Steve Pejovich, Fighter for Freedom
Every now and then, my sense of loss over the passing of someone I know is offset by the knowledge that they lived a stellar… Read More
