Phony Civil Rights
The expansion of “civil rights” places emphasis upon “positive rights” that apply to specific groups with political privilege. This is a far cry from the concept of rights that helped…
CBO Update: Medicare and Social Security Are Key Drivers of Exploding Debt
Romina Boccia The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) recently released budget projections cast a harsh light on the precarious financial future of the US. Politically entrenched old‐age benefit programs, primarily Medicare and…
Business Cases Could Loom Large at the Supreme Court Next Term
Walter Olson In one sense, this hasn’t been a big term for business law at the Supreme Court. That may seem paradoxical since businesses are litigants in many of the term’s…
Thomas DiLorenzo Discusses Federal Reserve, Inflation, and Austrian Economics
In a recent episode of the Money Metals Podcast, Mike Maharrey interviewed Tom DiLorenzo.
Barnes v. Felix Brief: Officers Must Be Held Accountable for Needless Deadly Force
Matthew Cavedon Ashtian Barnes was driving a car his girlfriend rented, which had unpaid toll fees. Constable Felix stopped him. When the car started to pull away, Constable Felix decided to…
Lysander Spooner’s Flawed War on Poverty
Lysander Spooner was one of this country’s most important libertarians. His views on economics, while flawed, are free market in principle and have some insights Austrians can appreciate.
Big Government Doesn’t Want You to Think about “What Is Not Seen”
Michael Chapman In the new Cato Institute book, Build, Baby, Build, author Bryan Caplan uses Frederich Bastiat’s economic axiom about what is seen vs. what is not seen to explain,…
The UK Blood Scandal Exposes British Elites
The tainted blood scandal in the UK should be a warning to people about the dangers of the National Health Service. Instead, we hear endless promises of reform that never…