There Is No Such Thing as “Wage Slavery”
Those who push the “wage slave” narrative claim that workers are “forced by hunger” to work ceaselessly without an opportunity to bid up wages. History has shown this is not…
Joe Biden’s Reverse Robin Hood Student Debt Cancellation
President Biden’s student loan forgiveness scheme is really Robin Hood in reverse, transferring wealth from people from lower-income groups to those who are relatively affluent.
Ten Reasons Not to Abolish Slavery
Today these reasons or very similar ones are used by opponents of a different form of abolitionism: the proposal that government as we know it — monopolistic, individually nonconsensual rule…
Growth in Government Jobs Points to Recession
Periods when government jobs grow faster than private jobs are periods with weakening economic conditions. That is the trend right now.
Watch Our Latest Fed Documentary Teaser
For decades, the most powerful institutions, from academia to the corporate press, have made a concerted effort to marginalize the wisdom of Austrian economics. Their control is breaking.
The Concise Fundamentals of “Human Rights”
The concept of human rights has been corrupted by socialists and welfarists. That is why we need to look to thinkers like Murray Rothbard and others who laid out theories…
The Problem with Juneteenth
The abolition of chattel slavery was a great advancement for human liberty. But many of those celebrating Juneteenth today still accept the core assumptions that underlie slavery.
Scott Galloway’s TED Talk Reveals a Basic Ignorance of Economics
One of the problems in presenting economic concepts to a public audience is that too many people in the academic world do not comprehend the simple presence of opportunity cost.
Civilization Depends upon Economic Freedom
Political and academic elites claim that economic freedom is the antithesis of civilization. They claim that functioning civilization can come only from a welfare state, a nonsensical proposition