Reason

Reason is the monthly print magazine of "free minds and free markets." It covers politics, culture, and ideas through aprovocative mix of news, analysis, commentary, and reviews. Reason provides a refreshing alternative to right-wing and left-wing opinion magazines by making a principled case for liberty and individual choice in all areas of human activity.

Reason

ADAM SMITH HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

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THE RENT CONTROL RATCHET

POPPY SEEDS TRIGGER CHILD NEGLECT INVESTIGATIONS

DON’T ‘PAUSE’ A.I. RESEARCH

‘EXCITED DELIRIUM’ IS NO EXCUSE FOR POLICE ABUSE

IS ENCOURAGING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION?

TRUMP’S NEW YORK INDICTMENT IS JUST THE BEGINNING

BOMBING MEXICAN CARTELS WON’T STOP FENTANYL

THE GREAT EGG SHOCK

THE NEW RIGHT ISN’T SO NEW

Adam Smith Understood That We Need Each Other • THE THINKER’S VIEWS OF HUMAN SYMPATHY, BENEFICENCE, JUSTICE, AND THE DIVISION OF LABOR STILL RESONATE.

Adam Smith Wasn’t a Progressive • STOP QUOTING HIM OUT OF CONTEXT ON TAXATION, EDUCATION, AND MONOPOLY.

Adam Smith’s Quiet Christianity • THE SCOTTISH THINKER’S FAMOUS FRIENDSHIP WITH DAVID HUME DEMONSTRATES HIS LIBERALISM, NOT HIS ATHEISM.

Marketplaces Find a Way • THOUGH HISTORY HASN’T ALWAYS BEEN KIND, BUTCHERS, BREWERS, AND BAKERS STILL THRIVE AT URBAN MARKETS.

Adam Smith’s Sly American Proposal • SOMETIMES A PROPOSAL IS A LESSON IN DISGUISE.

An Interview With Adam Smith • No, not that Adam Smith.

CARRYING THE TORCH OF FREEDOM

THE REVISED ADAM SMITH

GADGETS AND GIZMOS THAT INSPIRED ADAM SMITH • MEDITATIONS ON THE DANGEROUS, ALLURING BEAUTY OF INTRICATE SYSTEMS

The Pirates of the Enlightenment

How the Dutch Became Capitalists • A new history chronicles centuries of bottom-up economic evolution in the Netherlands.

POKEMON JOURNEYS: THE SERIES

WIGLE WHISKEY

TETRIS

CODED

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES

LAND AND LIBERTY

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

Flo Crivello Says A.I. Will Be Bigger Than the Internet

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