Art Carden

In 1986, James M. Buchanan was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work developing public choice theory. As luck would have it, Liberty Fund has made some of his most important works available online. Here are some of the most important ones. Buchanan's Nobel Prize Page. It'

The last two issues of Regulation contain a couple of my book reviews. Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative, by Glenn Loury. Review here. Glenn Loury is one of the greatest economist of the last half-century, and his name comes up in the Nobel Prize conversation. He also hosts

Show me anything, and I will immediately gravitate to its flaws and imperfections. I have a flair for the negative. I worry about worst-case scenarios. I fret about injustice. As far as I know, I always have, but I have particularly vivid memories of being emotionally devastated when I learned

In 2011, Bryan Caplan introduced me to Rolf Dobelli's essay "Avoid News." It's especially worth reading in a world of endless doom-scrolling and conversations about digital detox. News is like candy: OK in moderation, but it will do to your brain what a steady

A few years ago, I used to post #FreeBookFriday links to gratis ($0) books across my social media channels. It's time to bring that back. You can read or download books using the links below without paying for them. Here are a few recommendations that form the foundation

Why buy into the tenets of public choice (politics-as-exchange, rational choice, methodological individualism)? While it doesn't give us a romantic vision of the world we want to rule--and I use the word "rule" deliberately, noting with H.L. Mencken that "the urge to save humanity

Thus spake Michael Huemer in this episode of the "Ideas Having Sex" podcast about his new book Progressive Myths. My review of Progressive Myths will appear in Regulation sometime this year, but by way of preview, it's a very good book by a learned philosopher and

I visited Europe with my family twice in 2024, visiting Copenhagen during the summer and Paris over Thanksgiving break. Many things stood out, but here are two that I would love to see transported across the Atlantic: posted prices that reflect all the relevant taxes, and no tipping custom. Why?

The holidays are behind us, and no doubt many parents uttered many curses after stepping on many LEGO bricks over the last few weeks. Compared to their competitors and imitators, LEGO bricks command a handsome premium. Why? Is it because people are easily manipulated by slick advertising and legacy brand