Interventionism

Inflation puts a brake on social mobility: the rich stay rich (longer) and the poor stay poor (longer) than they would in a free society.

Easy money policy hurts most people, particularly workers and savers, and redistributes their wealth to the ruling elites, writes Mark Thornton.

Peter Klein discusses who should make the decisions to best allocate scarce resources and time.

Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton discusses the failed War on Drugs, and the current state of the U.S. economy.

When governments spend, regulate, and tax, they decrease household take-home pay while diverting savings and investment to the government class.

Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton discusses gun control in the early days of Nazi Germany.

Canadian agricultural policy today subsidizes and controls markets in grain, dairy, and other products to ensure profitability.

Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton explains how crony capitalism lead to the banning of industrial hemp in the United States. Dr.

Inequality and income inequality are natural phenomena because people are different. Coerced inequality is another matter.

War increases government spending, inhibits free trade, and lays the foundation for numerous future conflicts.