This collection of short, entertaining, and educational articles exposes how government interference with the economy violates individual liberty, leads to inefficiencies, and rewards special interests. This collection appeared in 1991 and it holds up very well. Some people swear that this is one of the best collections ever printed by the Mises Institute.
It’s no wonder that Roy Childs wrote of this book: “The great virtue of the volume is the excellent interaction between first principles and current events.... rational, zippy, to the point, informative with facts and figures, and based soundly on the first principles of liberty and the free market.... you can take your time reading them, using them as a ‘bed book’ that you can dip into at will, and learn a lot of information in a short time. And the book sizzles.”
Contributors include Murray Rothbard, Walter Block, David Gordon, Robert Higgs, and Tom Bethell.
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Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., is founder and chairman of the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, and editor of LewRockwell.com.
The key point to bear in mind in the whole tariff controversy is that trade is voluntary. People aren’t forced to trade but will do so only if they expect to benefit from the trade.
Since the French Revolution, leftism has served as the impetus for many of the state’s worst massacres and totalitarian impulses.
Since the French Revolution, leftism has served as the impetus for many of the state’s worst massacres and totalitarian impulses.
