Public-School Reform Follies
I couldn’t help but smile and shake my head this morning as I read two articles about public-schooling reform in California. Both appeared in the Los Angeles Times. One is …
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Police Reform Without Qualified Immunity Reform Is Worthless
The bulk of the American public supports qualified immunity reform. It’s not hard to see why: The legal doctrine allows state officials to violate your constitutional rights without fear of …
Why Welfare Reform Worked
In his first State of the Union address in 1993, President Bill Clinton promised to “end welfare as we know it.” The system at the time famously disincentivized work by …
Healthcare Reform Is Not Healthcare Liberty
Libertarians can argue until they are blue in the face against mandatory vaccines, vaccine passports, mask mandates, lockdowns, and other government healthcare measures to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic — …
Libertarian Reform Measures Do Not Advance Liberty
Ever since I discovered libertarianism, there has been a faction within the libertarian movement that has favored and promoted reform of the welfare-warfare state way of life under which we …
How to Reform the Olympics
Despite severe restrictions adopted as a result of the Covid pandemic, the Summer Olympics are now ongoing in Tokyo. Over the coming days, we will no doubt see many impressive …
The Chimera of Immigration Reform
A commentary in the New York Times today provides a perfect demonstration of the problem facing the American people regarding immigration. The title of the commentary is “Why Rural America …
The Deepest Motivation Behind China’s ‘Reform’ Agenda Revealed As Very Simple
The Deepest Motivation Behind China’s ‘Reform’ Agenda Revealed As Very Simple Authored by Anne Stevenson-Yang via themarket.ch, The Lobster in Beijing’s Pot The fiasco surrounding the IPO of the Chinese …
Will the Spike in Murder and Violence Undermine Criminal Justice Reform?
In 1960, the U.S. violent crime rate started rising, and for three decades this was one of the most vexing and discussed problems in America. By the early 1990s, policy …
Clifford Winston (Brookings) Guest-Blogging on “Trouble at the Bar: An Economics Perspective on the Legal Profession and the Case for Fundamental Reform”
I’m delighted to report that Clifford Winston, from the Brookings Institution, will be guest-blogging this week about Trouble at the Bar: An Economics Perspective on the Legal Profession and the …