Monsanto’s Friends in High Places
The government’s relationship with Monsanto is a prime example of crony capitalism.
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Keynes’s Ghost Continues To Haunt Economics
The Keynesian promise of prosperity springing from massive government spending is attractive to politicians, economists, and public intellectuals.
How the World Was Made Safe for Crony Capitalism
The state rarely misses an opportunity to use crisis to its advantage and crony capitalism has become one of the largest benefactors of government fixes.
Inflation Has Not Cured Iceland’s Economic Woes
By late 2010, inflation-adjusted income in Iceland was down over 35 percent. Inflating one’s currency may give the appearance of recovery, but the truth is somewhat less rosy.
The New York Times Got Libertarianism Wrong, Yet Again
Why write an article on a subject you know nothing about? This is a question Amia Srinivasan might usefully have asked herself.
Robert Shiller’s Egalitarian, Regulated, and Subsidized “Good Society”
The good society is an egalitarian one, says Shiller, and finance should not be at odds with this goal.
Humanitarian Wars and Their NGO Foot-Soldiers
The NGOs are all under the umbrella of US and other government-funded organizations like the International Federation for Human Rights.
The Walking Dead and a Refuge from the Modern State
The Walking Dead suggests that government does not offer solutions to catastrophic problems but in fact only exacerbate them.
The American Economy is Not a Free-Market Economy
Those who condemn the free market take for granted that the present order of things is the free market in action.
Intellectual Property is Not True Property
Not only is the grant of ownership rights over ideas ridiculous, it is also, in point of fact, impossible.
