On the very day that Steve Jobs died a new report suggests that the U.S. health care system is spending too much money on people near the end of their lives. The timing of the two events could not have been more ironic. Had Jobs been under the care of the British National Health Service […]

Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) was founded in Switzerland in 1947 by Frederic Hayek, a young Milton Friedman, and 35 other scholars, mostly economists. They met to discuses the growth of governmental intrusion and the future of classical liberalism. MPS had a strong commitment to responsible liberty but not to any political party. “Its sole objective […]

From The Wall Street Journal Online September 29, 2011 This Saturday, government price controls on debit card interchange fees (which card issuers charge to merchants) go into effect. The controls are the result of the Durbin amendment to last year\’s Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation. They were enacted at the behest of big-box retailers such as […]

The United States today faces daunting economic, national security, and social problems. In the face of these imperatives, popular faith in the President’s ability to act is low, and faith in Congress even lower. Numerous commentators and surveys report public disgust with the mean-spiritedness and unwillingness to compromise that mark contemporary American politics. To be […]