The Fed and the Filthy Rich: An Interview with Mark Thornton
Interviewed by host Phil Pepin, Mark Thornton discusses the fed’s rol
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“Discrimination” Isn’t About Religion, It’s About Private Property
The debate over the freedom to discriminate has flared up again in Indiana where the conflict is being framed as a dispute between Christians and gays. In truth, the matter hinges only on whether or not people should be allowed to exercise private property rights.
Progressive Luddites and Gustave de Molinari’s Final Words
The opponents of technological innovation in free markets have been with us for a long time. A century ago, Gustave de Molinari was defending the automobile from the technology haters of his day. Little has changed since then.
Austrian Theories of Intervention and Entrepreneurship
For those new to Austrian economics, there are few modern scholars whose work I would recommend more enthusiastically than Salerno’s.
Walter Block Debates Bill Quigley on Minimum Wages
The Loyola economics club hosted a debate between economics professor Walter Block and law professor Bill Quigley on the minimum wage. The debate was held on 2/24/15.
New Audio Interviews, Plus FCC Releases 400 Pages of Internet Regs
In my recent article on net neutrality, I explained that more FCC control of the internet merely invites more control from powerful interest groups. Now, we know more about which interest groups are presently exercising power since, as The Daily Caller notes, the FCC regs favorably cite the anti-free-market left-wing Soros-funded group "Free Press" 62 times.
Microbreweries Craft New Flavors of IP Regulation
There’s an interesting story in the news
There’s No Political Freedom Without Economic Freedom
Many have tried to create a division between “political freedom” and “economic freedom.” But all freedoms ultimately depend
Keep Calm and Call the IMF
A new deal with the International Monetary Fund is in the books for Ukraine.
