I, Pencil
This classic article by Leonard Read illustrates how completely dependent the world is on the division of labor.
Interventionism
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Hayek on Good and Bad Unemployment Policies
One of the obstacles to a successful employment policy is, paradoxically, that it is so easy to reduce unemployment, at least in the short term.
Secession — Not Military Intervention — Can Help Venezuela
Secession and decentralization in Venezuela could help many escape from the out-of-control regime.
Bureaucratization
The progressing bureaucratization of big business is by no means the result of a tendency inherent in the development of the capitalist economy.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Louis XIV
Colbert: "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing."
The Truth About the “Robber Barons”
Most of the businessmen we now call Robber Barons got rich by using the power of the state, and not by serving their customers in a free market.
Inflation and the Fall of the Roman Empire
At the end, the Romans welcomed the barbarians as liberators from the kleptocratic Roman state.
Hegel: The State as God’s Will
Armed with Hegelian philosophy, the modern state would take its divinely appointed stand at the height of history and civilization, as God on earth.
A Libertarian “Stealth Plan for America”?
Thomas DiLorenzo reviews Nancy MacLean's attack-book on libertarianism.
Does “More Europe” Mean More Government?
When leading Europhiles say they want more European unity, what they really seem to want is more bureaucracy, regulation, and control.
