Trump’s Tariff Plan Will Raise Prices for Consumers, Just as Bastiat Warned 170 Years Ago
Michael Chapman If elected to a second term as president, Donald Trump says he will impose a 60 percent tariff on all goods from China and a 10 percent tariff…
New Universal Savings Account Bill from Rep. Harshbarger
Adam N. Michel Representative Diana Harshbarger (R‑TN-01) recently introduced an updated and expanded bill to create universal savings accounts (USAs) with an annual contribution limit of $10,000. These new savings…
How Corporate Bailouts Inflate the Money Supply
Continued bailouts undermine the entire economy by rewarding financial failure and discouraging productive economic activity.
Bank and Corporate Bailouts Create Free Money
Continued bailouts undermine the entire economy by rewarding financial failure and discouraging productive economic activity.
The Absurdity of Intellectual Property Laws
While protecting “intellectual property” has a good sound to it — even among libertarians — such policies are harmful to authentic property rights. We need to pursue another path.
The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
Mark Thornton discusses his new paper on Ludwig von Mises, trade, and human progress.