In contrast to the Greatest Generation, today’s Americans are better labeled the Most Selfish Generation, as they prioritize their own immediate satisfaction over the needs of others and have abandoned the values and principles that motivated their predecessors. Why are Americans falling short of the achievements of the Greatest Generation? What has changed? READ MORE »

Restoring the Promise Higher Education in America By Richard K. Vedder

Yes, owning a semiautomatic rifle like the AR-15 is protected by the Second Amendment—if we take seriously the history of the constitutional right to bear arms, the development of firearms, and the evolution of the “assault weapons” ban in the United States. Learn what previous court decisions said on the matter and what is the likely impact of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Bruen on gun laws around the country. First in a series. READ MORE »

Something has gone terribly wrong—and very abruptly—with the United States. But our wounds do not result from natural disaster, exhaustion of natural resources, plagues, or war. They are mostly self-inflicted. That means we can fix them. Here are 10 straightforward remedies to crushing debt, soaring costs, entitlements, a nonexistent border, racial tensions, crime, and international embarrassment. Will Americans have the guts to enact them? READ MORE »

Liberty in Peril Democracy and Power in American History By Randall G. Holcombe

The Federal Reserve’s (mis)management of the money supply has caused a 40% increase in average home prices and a 78% increase in average mortgage payments on an average-priced home in just two years. Americans are feeling the heat. Housing starts and existing-home sales have dropped. Behind it all: the Fed’s whipsawing of the money supply. READ MORE »