Why Unions Oppose Pay Incentives
When unions oppose the general policy of extra pay for extra work, as under incentive or piecework payment, they are merely extending the practice of featherbedding.
Interventionism
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To Tax Is to Destroy
If you are a wealthy person, beware. The estate tax will destroy what you have created through your hard work and diligence. Unless you have spent a small fortune on financial planners, accountants, and tax attorneys, the fruits of your labor may be enjoyed by the government.
The Inside-Out World of Home Mortgages
With 25% more to fall, and many houses under water by thousands of dollars, or hundreds of thousands, what's the incentive to pay? If a borrower wants to work out a compromise in good faith, how can they know if they are negotiating with the right party? The mortgage mess is a house of mirrors.
The True Nature of Taxation
All of the services now funded by taxation and provided by the government were at one point in the not-so-distant past funded and provided privately.
Charting the Course to $7 Gas
The Fed will continue to buy Treasuries to fund our deficit with money that is created out of nothing.
Is Budget Austerity Modern-Day Hooverism?
Is cutting spending like repeating Herbert Hoover's errors? No, and saying it again and again doesn't make it true. The big-spending Hoover did more to intervene in the peacetime economy than any prior president. Indeed, he set in motion all of the things that FDR later did in the New Deal.
Happy Mother Earth Day, Citizen!
Did you even know it’s International Mother Earth Day today, citizen?
The Moral Issues of Money
Debasement in the service of the state is not a fairytale. This is not a conspiracy theory. This is real life.
Three More Attacks on Civilization
Dishwashers, ice makers, and drain uncloggers are all under attack. Puritans and paranoids are working with bureaucrats to unravel all the gains that markets have made for civilization. They are driving us back to the compost pile.
The Capitalist in the Hat
The case of Seuss enthusiast Charles Cohen beautifully illustrates the harmony between personal profit and service to others in the voluntary market economy. For good or ill, entrepreneurs will provide what the customers want — whether it's one fish, two fish, red fish, or blue fish.
