The Socialist Road to Destruction amid So-Called Good Intentions
Socialists pride themselves on their supposed good intentions even as they fashion policies that create havoc and harm the people socialists claim to be helping. Ludwig von Mises called it…
Do You Know Who’s Hitting You?
While our political “leaders” insist that the government is “protecting” us, it offers the same kind of “protection” that mobsters offer: pay us to “protect” you, or we burn down…
The Biden Administration Uses Fudged Numbers to Justify Imposing Punitive Regulations
In order to vastly expand the regulatory state, the Biden administration is using fake cost-benefit ratios to make its regulations seem less costly and more beneficial. This is clearly fraudulent,…
What Price Charity?
Is charity a right held by everyone or should charity be confined to private, voluntary action within a free market? David Gordon argues for the latter.
The Establishment Survey Overestimated Job Creation by nearly 700,000 in 2023
The most recent QCEW report revisions show—not surprisingly—job gains for 2023 totaling more than 690,000 below the Establishment survey.
Friday Feature: Steps Learning Center
Colleen Hroncich Alexandra Batista was ready to quit teaching. Over the years, she had taught at various schools geared toward autistic children, but she kept seeing the same pattern. Everything…
Private Property Comes from Scarcity, Not Law
The socialist elites that dominate our institutions insist that private property is nothing more than a social construct held together by violence. As usual, they misunderstand that scarcity itself, which…
Why the Scottish “Free Banking” Episode Doesn’t Justify Fractional Reserves
Bob continues his feud with George Selgin, explaining why the alleged free banking period in Scotland doesn’t show that free-market banks would carry low reserve ratios.
What Price Charity?
Is charity a right held by everyone or should charity be confined to private, voluntary action within a free market? David Gordon argues for the latter.
On Libertarians, Trade Policy, and National Security
Colin Grabow On occasion, and increasingly of late, one encounters the argument that libertarians and other free trade/free market types suffer from a blindspot concerning national security. According to this strawman…