How Countries Fall into the Welfare Trap
Before wealth can be redistributed by the state, it must first be produced. But welfare-state policies end up destroying the very wealth which is necessary for redistribution.
Interventionism
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How Countries Fall into the Welfare Trap
Before wealth can be redistributed by the state, it must first be produced. But welfare-state policies end up destroying the very wealth which is necessary for redistribution.
Study Estimates the Green New Deal to Cost $93 Trillion — That’s a Conservative Estimate
The Green New Deal contains a wish list of progressive social and economic goals that come with a staggering price tag.
Central Banks Shouldn’t Fight Deflation
The real problem was the money supply inflation that happened during the boom phase. Combating deflation in the bust phase only superficially treats a symptom of the boom-bust cycle.
Study Estimates the Green New Deal to Cost $93 Trillion — That’s a Conservative Estimate
The Green New Deal contains a wish list of progressive social and economic goals that come with a staggering price tag.
This Way Toward Equality
Equalization of incomes can be accomplished only by moving down the road toward serfdom.
This Way Toward Equality
Equalization of incomes can be accomplished only by moving down the road toward serfdom.
Liberty vs. War: A Brief History
States love wars because they enable the state, under the slogans of "defense" and "emergency," to impose a tyranny upon the public that might have been openly resisted in time of peace.
The “State of Nature” Is a State of Poverty
There is a persistent myth that capitalism has destroyed what would have been a natural abundance and peace of mind. Yet nature does not generate abundance or peace. The characteristic mark of the "state of nature" is irreconcilable conflict.
Statistics: Achilles’ Heel of Government
Without government stats, the state would be crippled in justifying its interventionism. If the government received no railroad statistics, for example, how in the world could it even start to regulate railroad rates, finances, and other affairs?
