Bailing Out the Red Light District
Throwing money at Flynt and Francis — like bailing out the automakers and the big banks — stifles innovation and new technologies in order to keep outmoded business models in place at the expense of taxpayers.
Throwing money at Flynt and Francis — like bailing out the automakers and the big banks — stifles innovation and new technologies in order to keep outmoded business models in place at the expense of taxpayers.
"As Mises again and again pointed out, capitalism is a system of mass production for the masses. But of course our great philosopher cannot be bothered to read Mises."
Not state capitalism, not crony capitalism, not mixed-market capitalism, not fascism and interventionism under the guise of capitalism, but unfettered, laissez-faire, free-market capitalism.
These four novels are of definite ideological interest to libertarians
Inclined to Liberty is an important confidence booster for people involved in commerce, providing answers to their colleagues who criticize freedom, and pointing to other resources.
Today government is even more arrogant and absurd, and it actually believes that by passing legislation it can save the US car industry.
The market, to the extent it is able to work freely, would lower healthcare prices while increasing quality; to the extent that government is involved, expect higher-priced and lower-quality services — and more bureaucracy.
There is nothing that the government can do today — apart from repealing laws and regulations — that will make an improvement on the workings of the market.
The idea that expanding and integrating the global marketplace exploits the poor is a myth that causes avoidable misery.
People will be strip-mining old landfills for petroleum products that they can convert into fuel.