Politics

Supporters of intellectual property laws claim that people will not innovate unless they are protected by such legislation. In reality, people are more likely to be innovative when they encounter real free markets, not markets characterized by artificial scarcity.

Walter Block has attempted to reconfigure libertarian thinking in regards to self-defense. Unfortunately, his theories are illogical, Orwellian, and conflict with Murray Rothbard‘s clear thinking on the issue.

In What Has Government Done to Our Money? Murray Rothbard changes your whole view of the world—not just money.

Bob reacts to Bryan Caplan’s current views, arguing that the history of economic thought is indeed important, and the Misesian approach to praxeology is crucial.

The election of Donald Trump has revived debate about tariffs and their effects. Austrian economists point out that the damage tariffs impose is not limited to increasing consumer prices. They also create major distortions in the markets.

We hear of many schemes to promote government “efficiency.” The problem is that the very nature of government makes “efficiency” impossible.

We hear of many schemes to promote government “efficiency.” The problem is that the very nature of government makes “efficiency” impossible.

The First World War was critical to boosting the influence of that child of progressivism and Wall Street corporatism: the Federal Reserve System.

Puzder supports what is today called “enlightened shareholder values,” according to which shareholders want “woke” goals.

In 1923 Lenin released a propaganda pamphlet titled Down with the Private Kitchen. It explained how private dinners with one’s family are reactionary, bourgeois, and generally something requiring total destruction.