Freeman

In mid-March, at the behest of the H.R. Nicholls Society, I traveled to several Australian cities speaking on the subject of the American labor market and the lessons that it might have for labor-law reform in Australia. Along the way I discovered that...

Last January media outlets reported that cancer had overtaken heart disease as the number-one killer in the United States. Sounds scary, no?Fear not. As is usually the case, beyond the scary headline, deep into the copy, came the real story. Both diseases...

Last December Naomi Oreskes, an associate professor of history at UCLA, published a Washington Post Outlook piece called "Undeniable Global Warming." She asserted that the planet is warming (true), that increases in greenhouse gases have something to...

As Rich-Poor Gap Widens in the U.S., Class Mobility Stalls," blares the headline on page one of the May 13 Wall Street Jowrnal. When you see such a headline, wouldn't you think it means that the income mobility of Americans is no longer as great as it...

Conventional wisdom holds that fighting poverty has only lately been a concern of American presidents, and that before Franklin Roosevelt it was hardly a concern at all. This stubborn error persists.An unrepentant welfare statist would probably survey...

The Marxian credo, "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs," is the moral foundation of the progressive tax policies of modern "capitalist" societies. The psychiatric credo, "From each producer according to his income, to...

Carlos Gonzalez, 21, of Weston, Florida, stands spread-eagled while an officer pats him down. When the officer bends to frisk his legs, Carlos lowers his amis without asking permission. The officer snarls, "Hey, we're not even close to being finished....

An elderly woman sat on the stone steps of the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral clutching a small handful of wildflowers picked from a field somewhere. She offered them up to any passerby, hoping to earn just a few cents for them.The air in Sofia was frigid,...

Why Globalization Works by Martin Wolf Yale University Press * 2004/2005 * 320 pages * $30.00 hardcover; $18.00 paperbackLook at the foes of economic globalization and you'll find a curious coalition. Some are left-wingers who oppose globalization because...