Interventionism

A basic understanding of the elementary economics of unionism, writes Tom DiLorezno, shows why violence against competitors has always been an inherent feature of unionism.

Everything we have heard from conventional wisdom regarding the minimum wage is false, writes Shawn Ritenour.

The "superior bargaining power" argument has always been the most important argument on behalf of unionism and of all the legislative privileges that unions enjoy. Thomas DiLorenzo points to Mises's demolition of the idea.

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal is a perfect example of how bad economic arguments in support of good ends can be easily twisted and used to confuse the general public.

Dale Steinreich's June article about the centenary of the founding of the American Medical Association caused a tremendous uproar. Here is his answer to critics.

Protection or Free Trade, published in 1886, is undoubtedly one of the most significant works ever written on the subject, writes Laurence Vance.

Congress just passed another regulatory bill, Lew Rockwell reports, because people with food allergies are under the impression that food sellers are indifferent to whether they live or die.

Consumers are eating shrimp like never before, writes Don Mathews, so why is the industry so unhappy?

The root of the pension problem, writes Carl Horowitz, is the inherent unsoundness of State-granted guarantees to firms (and unions) against market failure.

Dale Steinreich explains the twin goals of the AMA-shaped medical industry: artificially elevated incomes and worship by patients.