Entrepreneurship
Presidential Use and Abuse of the Sherman Act: Cleveland to Clinton
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (25:41)
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit: The Luddites Revisited
Butler Shaffer does a Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit: The Luddites Revisited at the 2003 Austrian Scholars Conference.
Commerce or Commissar?
Paul Cantor tours the Black Sea region and observes how the juxtaposition of Lenin and McDonald's is curiously symbolic of the whole history of the region. For over two thousand years, two forces have contended with each other in this strategically located area: the state as conqueror and merchants who come in peace.
The Creation of the Bureaucrat
Airline security had been imperfect, but airlines were capable of improving, and had every incentive to do so. The industry could respond to real threats without creating unnecessary passenger inconvenience. But instead, Congress, with the blessing of the White House, short circuited the market process and created a new bureaucracy.