Trump’s Immigration Plans: The Good and the Bad
One does not need to be an advocate of open borders to have concerns when one hears about a federal law enforcement agency engaging in a “crackdown.”
President Biden Gives the Green Light to an Act of War against Russia
In an outrageous act, lame duck President Joe Biden gives Ukraine permission to fire US-made missiles into Russia itself. Given Russian President Putin’s declaration that this attack is an act…
Ten Lessons on US Foreign Policy from Enough Already
In this review of Scott Horton’s book, Enough Already, we see that the wars the US has waged for the past quarter century in the Middle East have been a…
Answering the Confused Critics of Austrian Economics
There are numerous critics of the Austrian School of economics, but when their disparagements are closely examined, the so-called experts themselves are wrong. Austrians can do a better job of…
Nagel on Libertarianism and Other Things
David Gordon takes another look at Thomas Nagel’s Equality and Partiality. While he finds some of Nagel’s arguments appealing, they still are inferior to Murray Rothbard’s systematic interpretation of natural…
If Republicans Are Against Lawfare, They Shouldn’t Have Unleashed It
Had Republicans not vastly expanded federal criminal law during the infamous Wall Street prosecutions 40 years ago, lawfare would not have become such a potent political weapon.
Kamala Harris’s Price-Fixing Scheme Would Lead to Food Shortages
Kamala Harris claims that she simply wants food prices to be lower. However, her de facto price fixing scheme would create food shortages and raise the real price of food.…
Why People Pay Higher Prices for Some Goods Relative to Others
One of the important points made by Carl Menger in his 1871 Principles is that people ordinally rank their preferences, valuing some things more than others. While this seems to…
The Birth of “Irrational Exuberance”
Long before there was Alan Greenspan to turn the Federal Reserve into Casino Central, there was John Law, France’s minister of finance.