Yard-Sign Libertarianism and Kamalamania
Gene Healy The other week, I did some get-off-my lawn grumbling about “libertarians these days.” When Donald Trump came down that escalator, I suggested, he didn’t just scramble everyone else’s brain:…
The Folly of Legislating against Unfairness
Legislating against unfairness in order to achieve “equal” outcomes is like legislating against the wind. While government has little control over outcomes, its predations can make those outcomes worse.
Americans Paid for the Trump Tariffs—and Would Do So Again
Clark Packard, Scott Lincicome, and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon During a campaign stop in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, over the weekend (Aug. 17–18), former President Donald Trump told the audience that “a tariff…
Fall 2024 Mises Book Club (Auburn)
In September 2024, undergraduate students will have an opportunity to participate in the Fall Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.
The Brazilian Judiciary’s Continued Censorship and the Brussels-Brasilia Effect
David Inserra This past weekend (Aug. 17–18), X announced it would close its local offices in Brazil in response to the judiciary’s continued censorial demands. This unprecedented action puts X…
Grocery Price Gouging?
Peter Van Doren Soon-to-be Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris announced a proposal to empower the federal government to ban corporate price gouging in grocery prices. Historically, politicians often float price…
Inverted, Recessed, and Hung Out to Dry
The Fed for many years has manipulated the money supply in order to attempt to keep interest rates below market levels. At some point, however, the market prevails in one…
Prices and Price Controls: An Introduction
Ryan Bourne Note: This is an excerpt from my book The War on Prices. High inflation and supply shocks in certain sectors since 2021 have helped revive the policy allure…