American libertarian monthly magazine
Ronald Bailey explains at Reason’s “Hit and Run” blog why addressing climate change would not require a massive hit to the American economy. In his 1997 Reason article “Climate Control,”…
Veronique de Rugy explains at Reason.com why the latest Mercatus Center ranking of states’ fiscal health raises serious concerns. [T]he study’s most important finding is that being at the top…
In Reason magazine’s “Everything You Know About State Education Rankings Is Wrong,” Stan Liebowitz and Matthew L. Kelly rethink the ranking of state education systems. They write, To better capture the real state…
Christian Britschgi of Reason delivers disturbing news to anyone who has watched the proliferation of bike lanes in Raleigh and other cities. Despite spending millions of dollars on hundreds of…
If you were a pet owner fleeing the flood and seeking somewhere safe for your pets, is this the outcome you would want?
If you are compassionate and want to make sure your friends, neighbors, and fellow citizens can still have access to necessities during a crisis, don't impose a good-sounding government policy…
The U.S. financial commitment to rebuilding Afghanistan is behemoth — more than what was spent post World War II on rebuilding Europe. Unfortunately, huge amounts have been wasted, spent on…
July 9, 2018, was the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Elizabeth Nolan Brown explained the significance in a piece at Reason.com: The…
Becket Adams explains for the Washington Examiner the thorough research Seattle employed before banning plastic drinking straws. Seattle has made it official: It is now the first major U.S. city…
Yet another laughable example of publish-or-perish desperation to find a new source of outrage?
It’s always fascinating when policymakers declare that you and I don’t “want” or “need” any more choices. Rather than allow marketplace competition to decide what we “want” or “need,” they…
Katherine Mangu-Ward explains in a Reason column how tariffs end up punishing people who aren’t the targets of attack. Sometimes, when the leaders of a foreign country do something very…