In the American legal system, there is a maxim: The punishment must fit the crime. But when the government seizes homes over underpaid property taxes, this seems like a disproportionate punishment to receive.

Is it true that black citizens are more likely to be shot by white officers? To answer this question, we spent over 1,500 hours creating a national database of information about all officers involved in fatal police shootings in the US in 2015.

An interesting fact is often ignored: global greening is happening faster than climate change. The amount of vegetation growing on the earth has been increasing every year for at least 30 years. The evidence comes from the growth rate of plants and from satellite data.

It is easy enough to raise the minimum wage in economic booms. The tide is already pushing toward higher wages. The real problems occur during a recessionary period, as was recently evidenced in Spain.

FEE is proud to present a series of lectures from the “Morality of Capitalism” seminar that happens every year in May at Clemson University. Enjoy this lecture by Dr. Andrew Bernstein "History of Capitalism in the 19th Century."

Citizens United, a conservative non-profit corporation, was once caught in the crosshairs of campaign finance law. The company violated the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act by broadcasting a political film within 30 days of a primary election. The Supreme Court split 5-4 on the issue. Did the court side with the free speech of a corporation? What happens when there are two different visions of the First Amendment? Are corporations people? Join James Harrigan, Antony Davies, and special guest Trevor Burrus as they recount the courtroom drama of Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission and more on this week’s episode of Words & Numbers.

FEE honors Lawrence W. Reed not only as our president from 2008-2019, but also our mentor, example, and friend. During his tenure, Larry led FEE to brand new heights in size and scale toward our mission to introduce newcomers to the ideas of a free society.