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Did Elon Musk Sentence Millions to Death by Dismantling USAID?

USAID Did Elon Musk Sentence Millions to Death by Dismantling USAID? The study cited by Rep. Ro Khanna as the basis for that...

03.08.2026 1

Reason.com

Aaron Brown

Hedge Fund’s 439% Return Should Have Been the Warning

Hedge Fund’s 439% Return Should Have Been the Warning
03.08.2026 4

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

America Is Undergoing a Massive Debt-for-Equity Swap

America Is Undergoing a Massive Debt-for-Equity Swap

The arithmetic of doom on America’s debt and budget shortfalls has been a favorite parlor game for fiscal conservatives since 1971, when Richard...

29.07.2026 4

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

Did Decriminalizing Drugs Lead to More Deaths in Washington and Oregon?

Drug Legalization Did Decriminalizing Drugs Lead to More Deaths in Washington and Oregon? The Manhattan Institute’s Charles Fain...

24.07.2026 7

Reason.com

Aaron Brown

No, a New Study Does Not 'Lay To Rest' the Debate Over Drug 'Legalization'

Drug Legalization No, a New Study Does Not 'Lay To Rest' the Debate Over Drug 'Legalization' The Manhattan Institute’s Charles...

15.07.2026 9

Reason.com

Aaron Brown

Robert Reich's CEO Pay Chart Is Wrong. Here's the Real Math.

Misinformation Robert Reich's CEO Pay Chart Is Wrong. Here's the Real Math. The former U.S. labor secretary presents economic...

09.07.2026 9

Reason.com

Aaron Brown

Leveraged Stock ETFs Are as Stable as a Row of Dominoes

08.07.2026 10

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

The Real Danger of These Hot New Derivatives Is Being Ignored

29.06.2026 20

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

The Proposed Rules for Kalshi and Polymarket Are Backward

16.06.2026 10

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

Polymarket’s Losers Are Discovering an Age-Old Truth

28.05.2026 20

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

A Flawed Minimum Wage Study Shows How Bad Stats Get Turned Into Policy Gospel

Economics A Flawed Minimum Wage Study Shows How Bad Stats Get Turned Into Policy Gospel A 2024 paper claimed higher minimum wages...

27.05.2026 20

Reason.com

Aaron Brown

Trust the Numbers? What to Do When the Data Is Under Attack

08.05.2026 20

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

Is Reason's Video on Climate Change Alarmism a 'Masterclass in Manipulation'?

Climate Change Is Reason's Video on Climate Change Alarmism a 'Masterclass in Manipulation'? A response to the popular science...

29.04.2026 40

Reason.com

Aaron Brown

Kalshi Is Half Right About Prediction Markets and Gambling

Kalshi Inc. co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Tarek Mansour has an argument why prediction markets shouldn't be regulated as gambling....

13.04.2026 20

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

Gold Keeps Winning the Battle With Economists

07.04.2026 20

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

The Iran War Just Broke the Petrodollar

05.04.2026 70

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

Private Credit Is Entering Its Musical Chairs Phase

17.03.2026 20

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

Kalshi and Polymarket Are Economic Oracles

27.02.2026 40

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

These Climate Change Charts Are Scary. They're Also Wrong.

06.02.2026 40

Reason.com

Aaron Brown

How To Speed Up the Search for Cures Through a Change in Probability Theory

03.02.2026 20

Reason.com

Aaron Brown

Kalshi Is Taking Aim at Stock Exchanges. Why Not?

25.11.2025 30

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

The Battle to Rewire Stock Trading the Crypto Way Is On

06.10.2025 20

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

Calpers Is Discarding the Familiar Pension Fund Playbook

25.09.2025 30

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

This Gold Rush Isn’t About Inflation — or Even Gold

15.09.2025 30

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

Wall Street Is Too Complex to Be Left to Humans

22.08.2025 30

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

Wharton’s ‘Collusion’ Paper Is Just How Markets Work

05.08.2025 40

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

Did USAID Really Save 90 Million Lives? Not Unless It Raised the Dead

24.07.2025 30

Reason.com

Aaron Brown

Debunking the 100,000 Medicaid Deaths Myth

17.07.2025 30

Reason.com

Aaron Brown

The Public Stock Market Isn’t Enough Anymore

17.07.2025 30

Bloomberg

Aaron Brown

There's No Evidence That Climate Change Has Increased the Rat Population

15.07.2025 30

Reason.com

Aaron Brown