Other Schools of Thought

Government planners developed a particular aesthetic obsession: they were frustrated by the untidy complexity of real human societies.

Why does the electorate vote for the sons of rich men, and why do these sons seek public office?

Social justice actually refers to an intention to use force to acquire one's desires. Not to earn desirable goods by rational thought and action, production and voluntary exchange, but to go in there and forcibly take goods from those who can supply them!

The choice: whether we shall be blackmailed for the next four years to support a horde of deserving Democrats or a horde of deserving Republicans.

The triumph of crony capitalism occurred on October 3rd, 2008. The event was the enactment of TARP — the single greatest economic-policy abomination since the 1930s, or perhaps ever. It was justified as a last-resort exercise in breaking the rules to save the system.

While most people believe that our healthcare industry is one comprised of free markets, it is anything but.

What DiLorenzo offers is not a biography of Hamilton but instead a critical examination of his ideas and a historical exploration of how they have shaped American history. DiLorenzo contrasts the statist, mercantilist, and nationalist philosophy of Hamilton with the strict constitutionalism of Jefferson.

When the Civil War closed, the revenue acts that had been hastily passed during its course constituted a chaotic mass.

How many people do you know who use variations on “capitalism” to describe pretty much anything they don’t like? It’s a vice that cuts several ways.

Kropotkin is one of the half-dozen cases of anarchocommunists that are worth a second look.