Mises Search

In the aftermath of the women’s soccer championship there has been an outpouring of statism. Hardly a mention of the victory is made without someone trying to convince us that it would not have been possible without the help of government. The specific law to which they refer is the 1972 amendment to the federal civil rights act, better known as

The recent deaths of John F. Kennedy, Jr., his bride, and her sister, are tragic for their families, their friends, and the staff at George Magazine . For all of the media hype, however, it is not a national tragedy any more than it is a national calamity that several other private pilots died in crashes on the same day. Of course, the sudden

A pestilence stalks the land. It threatens to undo the current economic expansion. It may undo any social good that has been accomplished this past decade and may even result in blood in the streets. What is this unspeakable horror, this evil genie that, if fully unleashed, could mean the downfall of us all? What is this scourge that causes

In an act reminiscent of King Canute’s attempt to keep the tides from rising, New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani garnered publicity for his U.S. senatorial campaign by paying a visit to a local gas station. With the press in tow, Guiliani found a place selling gasoline at more than $2 a gallon. Hizzonor climbed out of his sport utility vehicle and began

If one needs further proof that the current political climate breeds sophistry should have been listening to a recent television interview featuring former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. To cut current taxes, Reich commented, would be “risky” and “irresponsible.” Any tax cuts would endanger economic growth and starve the government, he

A recent racial incident at the University of Iowa has brought to light what has been a scandalous trend in U.S. higher education. For several days, a black male dental school student received numerous racist e-mails, and the campus erupted in predictable rage. Students held rallies and candlelight vigils amid demands for more “diversity

The Microsoft saga has taken another interesting turn and, as usual, the observers are drawing the wrong conclusions. It turns out that Lawrence Ellison of Oracle, a rival of Microsoft, hired Bill Clinton’s former dirt digger Terry Lenzer to investigate groups that spoke out in favor of Bill Gate’s embattled company. After the initial leak that

For those of us who see television news and commentary as a vast, statist wasteland, the work of John Stossel has been welcome relief. Each week on the ABC show 20/20, Stossel has his “Give Me a Break” segment in which he comments acerbically on the latest follies of government regulation and taxation. Stossel’s brief commentary, along with the

As has recently been discussed among Austrian economists and fellow travelers, Europeans seem to be enamored with American socialists – and vice versa. There is something different about a romanticist, especially one who chooses to ignore the dirty, brutal history of socialism in this past century in his longing for a new, bright, golden age that