Interventionism

Capitalists and entrepreneurs will have to be convinced that a new social system will keep their investments safe from government appropriation — no small task.

When it comes to matters such as the theory of evolution and stem-cell research, so-called liberals—i.e., socialists who have stolen the name that

I noted recently how many libertarians ignore or disregard the federalist aspect of our Con

The U.S. subsidizes ethanol. Corn prices go up. The new prices hit Mexicans hard.

It is fairly obvious that the caretakers of the Hemingway Home are more interested in the welfare of these cats, and that the consuming public supports this enterprise. USDA harassment of the Hemingway Cats is an example of bureaucratic excess.

On behalf of all the thousands of consumers of publicly owned, government regulated, monopolistic utility companies from Texas to Oklahoma and Miss

What's truly ironic is that this alleged benefit is reduced when the government forces every business to raise wages.

People voting for the minimum wage indulge a fantasy that they are helping the hard-working down-on-his-luck adult minimum-wage earner who is struggling to support a family. Instead they are preventing the sweet, earnest but maybe-a-little slow kid living down the block from getting that first job, because his output does not reach the economic level required by a wage that government has set too high.

Unfortunately, the problem with antitrust regulation is not what we see, but what we don't see.

All those hoping to reap the inequitable riches from yet another highly inflationary year — a much less arduous task than that of creating real wealth or generating genuine income — will just have to hope he is right.