Price Controls Are Disastrous for Venezuela, and Everywhere Else
Many of Venezuela's woes stem from the Venezuelan state's reliance on price controls to enact its socialist goals. Famine has resulted.
Interventionism
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Interventionism: Government’s War Against Consumers
The government wants to arrogate to itself the power, which, in an economy, is in the hands of the consumers.
Manipulation: The Phony Job Recovery
Delving further into the jobs report, we see that many of the jobs that were supposedly created were jobs in government.
The Minimum Wage: Taking Away the Right to Work
The view seems to be that if a higher minimum wage is mandated that employers will continue to make all of the same hiring decisions. Not true.
Deflation Is Always Good for the Economy
The major threat to any economy is not deflation, but the policies used to count it.
Decentralize the Military: Why We Need Independent Militias
A "well-regulated militia," controlled by the states, was once considered essential to providing a counterweight against federal power.
