Economic Freedom

A free and prosperous society requires a functioning market economy at its foundation. Using a broad array of tools drawn from price theory, public choice analysis, Austrian theory, and classical empiricism, our study of economics and economic freedom explores the underpinnings of the market system, the roots of economic prosperity, and emerging threats to the same in the public policy sphere. Our work includes the measurement of freedom and providing practical economic information for people to make better decisions.

Articles

William J. Luther

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10/3/24

CBDCs Undermine Financial Privacy

“Financial privacy is very important for a free society. What we do reveals much more about who we are than what we say.” ~William J. Luther
David C. Rose

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10/2/24

How to Make Social Security Reform a Winning Campaign Issue

“Price indexing will remove about 80 percent of the unfunded liability gap over the next 75 years, if instituted in 2029.” ~David Rose
Thomas Savidge

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10/2/24

Resolutions for the Fiscal New Year

“Many lawmakers in DC make resolutions to be more fiscally responsible, but much like our New Year’s resolutions, they rarely follow through.” ~Thomas Savidge
Donald J. Boudreaux

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10/1/24

‘You Can Trust Me’: Catfishers, Nigerian Princes, and Political Hucksters

“Individuals who we don’t know and who don’t know us seek to gain our trust so that they can then gain open-ended access to our wealth.” ~Don Boudreaux
Laura Williams

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10/1/24

Stay Put or Pay Up: Why Can’t Your Mortgage Move With You?

“Once ‘locked in,’ a comparatively low mortgage rate functions as an emotional and economic anchor.” ~Laura Williams
Jon Miltimore

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9/30/24

Why the ‘New Yorker’ Got Fooled by Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes for Prisoners

“Dollars allocated for gender reassignment surgeries cannot be spent on food stamps, border security, or anything else.” ~Jon Miltimore
David Hebert

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9/27/24

Resource Allocation: Why You Can’t ‘Just Ignore the Economists’

“Rather than paying with money, those in search of scarce goods people will pay with their time and effort.” ~David Hebert
Jon Miltimore

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9/26/24

The Greed Theory of Inflation and the Cowardice of Economists

“By the Harris Greed Theory, corporations became increasingly greedy from June 2020 to June of 2022, and then became less greedy over time.” ~David Rose
Jason Sorens

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9/25/24

Wealth Inequality Is a Result of Prosperity

“Wealth inequality does seem to be growing, but wealth is growing for the bottom 50 percent too, not just the top.” ~Jason Sorens
Barry Brownstein

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9/25/24

Principles are the Antidote to Politics

“Jefferson understood that those who cannot even control themselves should hardly seek to control others.” ~Barry Brownstein