Reader sammy notes: I was just thinking maybe the solution to some health care costs is less insurance, not more. I have health insurance via an HMO, but I often…

…this. The value of the entire U.S. Treasuries market: $4.5 trillion. The value of the entire mortgage market: $7 trillion. The size of the U.S. stock market: $22 trillion. OK,…

…has done so mostly under the public’s radar screen and so has had a nearly unfettered free ride. But now, little by little–albeit by too little–the free ride is becoming…

…certain that global free trade and freely moving markets, unfettered by regulation, would inevitably lead to progress. Humans acting on behalf of their enlightened self-interest would lift all boats in…

…especially for the free exercise of religion. Religious liberty protections are intended to ensure that no person is denied the right to exercise his/her religious views, so long as those…

…the distinction between free trade and offshoring. He does that partly by discussing a 2007 article in the Washington Post by his Princeton Econ. Dept. colleague Alan Blinder called “Free…

…PPACA. At the same time, Papa John’s is advertising a 2 million-pizza giveaway with the help of Peyton Manning “Two Million Free Pizzas” (must be a freebie?). Not sure myself…

…such as giving free money to me. At this particular point in time, those alternatives are clearly superior. We have a problem that can be easily solved by giving free…

…is a reminder that the principles of free enterprise can propel an economy and transform a society.” — Romney aide berates reporters as GOP hopeful wraps up overseas trip, Philip…

…zero, the Trust Fund never becomes (or shouldn’t anyway) a purely free lunch. Pretty cheap for the social utililty and equity Social Security delivers but not cost free. As Chief…