This issue focuses on freedom of trade, highlighting Henry George’s powerful case for open markets and the moral contradictions of protectionism. Contributors explore the failures of public education, the benefits of private initiative, and the decline of civic trust under politicized schooling. Further articles examine the economics of risk and opportunity, critique regulatory overreach, review important books, and challenge persistent myths about labor markets and public policy.

This issue analyzes the fiscal and political forces driving big-city decline, the recurring backfire of regulatory and welfare-state policies, and the economic insights of Julian Simon on practical decision-making. Writers explore personal responsibility, labor-union power, government overreach, and the ancient roots of taxation. Additional features include theological critiques of statism, cultural commentary, and Jim Powell’s profile of John Locke as a foundational thinker in the liberal tradition.

This issue examines the media’s complicated relationship with liberty—why journalism often misrepresents markets, how linguistic imprecision distorts public debate, and where reporters go wrong in covering economics. Authors defend free expression, investigate the meaning of the “public interest” standard, and explore the entrepreneur’s role in safeguarding freedom. Additional pieces critique Keynesian economics, celebrate the virtues of civil society, and profile Charles James Fox as a powerful voice for liberty.

This issue explores inconsistencies in classical liberal arguments for state education, highlights points of agreement between Catholic thought and free-market principles, and illustrates how market prices convey information more clearly than conversation. Contributors analyze the politics of multiculturalism, the dangers of estate taxation, the evidence behind tax-rate cuts, and the incentives driving government expansion. Essays also examine happiness under a minimal state, failures in the “iron triangle” of politics, and Macaulay’s extraordinary advocacy of liberty.

This issue explores the virtues of moderation in public affairs, the moral hazards created by political meddling, and the power of individual responsibility in economic and social life. Articles examine how rights-language becomes distorted when used to justify political favors, analyze campaign-finance proposals, and expose the unintended effects of minimum-wage laws and racial-preferencing. Additional essays discuss eminent domain abuses, California’s shift toward labor flexibility, public-choice explanations of political failure, and the enduring lessons of thinkers such as Frank Chodorov.

This issue highlights the limits of political knowledge, showing why markets better process information than regulators and why calls for government “correction” routinely backfire. Contributors revisit global-warming alarmism, the roots of Arab-Israeli tension, and the implications of restoring constitutional constraints on federal commerce power. Additional articles explore privacy, decentralism, sexual-harassment policy excesses, property-rights parables, historical campaigns for peace and freedom, and the moral framework needed to sustain a free society.

This issue examines how cultural attitudes toward wealth shape economic outcomes, arguing that societies which resent achievement undermine both liberty and prosperity. Contributors explore the persistence of age-old economic fallacies, the coordination role of prices, and the importance of voluntary moral action over political coercion. Additional essays address health-care reform myths, the dangers of anti-competitive regulation, and the deep historical roots of economic literacy.

This issue explores the philosophy of individual responsibility, warning that political attempts to guarantee security inevitably weaken liberty. Articles analyze the economic cost of regulation, the distortions created by protectionism, and the incentives that lead governments to expand beyond their proper limits. Additional pieces address public schooling, tax policy, monetary institutions, and the ethical framework that supports a free society.

This issue critiques the modern obsession with political solutions, defending voluntary cooperation as the moral and practical foundation of social order. Contributors examine social-welfare debates, environmental myths, and the dangers of seeing government as a universal provider. Other essays address entrepreneurship, market-driven innovation, constitutional interpretation, and the meaning of personal responsibility in a free economy.

This issue argues that freedom requires moral character and institutional humility, showing how government intervention often corrodes both. Articles explore tax policy, consumer choice in education, and the persistent failures of central planning across sectors. Additional essays analyze the political misuse of rights language, the economics of regulation, and the historical lessons that illuminate the nature of limited government.

This issue highlights the explosive growth of the Internet and explains why decentralized, competitive markets—not regulated monopolies—best support technological progress. Contributors critique redistribution, public-school decline, and the confusions surrounding economic “power.” The issue also includes reflections on constitutional safeguards, labor markets, charitable innovation, and the entrepreneurial process.

This issue analyzes common misconceptions about markets, showing how price signals, profit, and competition guide cooperation more effectively than political direction. Essays examine the failures of socialist experimentation, the dangers of regulatory micromanagement, and the ethical implications of coercive redistribution. Additional articles address education reform, housing markets, and the historical development of classical-liberal ideas.