CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST

Note:  On February 22, 2012, two  comments from readers added at the end of the post.  ____________ The United States has far fewer laws...

Wendell Cox and Emma Chen tell the story of "Six Adults and One Child" in their chapter in " The New World Order ," ed...

President Obama's proposed budget for FY 2013 came out yesterday, and I did what I usually do: Skip the details of the budget proposals,...

Margaret Jacobson and Filippo Occhino of the Cleveland Fed offer a short overview of what is "Behind the Decline in Labor's Share o...

"Medicare is for the elderly and Medicaid is for the poor." I've heard it a million times, and probably said it myself, but of...

This is the fifth of five posts on immigration policy. For the first post and an overview, see here . American public discourse on immigra...

This is the fourth of five posts on immigration policy. For the first post and an overview, start here . Discussions of enforcing limits o...