Interventionism
Uncertainty and Its Exigencies: The Critical Role of Insurance in the Free Market
Hans-Hermann Hoppe explains the neglected role of insurance in a free market economy. Any insurance involves the pooling of individual risks by the market, a task the state can only distort.
The Sociology of Taxation
In this excerpt from his new book, Hans-Hermann Hoppe shows how taxation corrupts the political culture and harms social well being.
The Rise and Fall of the City
This essay is based on a chapter of Democracy: The God That Failed.
SEC Rules Force Inaccurate Estimates of Energy Reserves
A new Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) report proposes to let companies judge for themselves how many oil and gas reserves they have, as
Unions v Workers, and more
Today’s college students may never learn the principles of supply and demand, or understand how many billions of dollars companies like Wal-Mart save American consumers (including their own families), but they are indoctrinated as freshmen that any “moral” person should hate “outlaw” corporations (as defined by the union movement).
“Record Profits Spark New Backlash Against Big Oil” - An Economic Analysis
The story named above appears in today’s New York
More signs, thanks to the usual suspect
One day in a nice community in Auburn, the construction crews arrived to pour concrete and build some very lovely bike and walking trails.
The Bureaucrat in Your Shower
You can hack your shower, writes Jeffrey Tucker, but do not do this lest you endanger your status as a law-abiding citizen who takes wimpy showers.
