Other Schools of Thought

The Articles of Confederation permitted the states to become tyrants, and the Constitution has permitted the federal government to become tyrannical.

Mainstream economics remains wedded to using data as an end in itself, such that the availability of data alone often determines the extent of economic inquiry.

Interviewed by “Butler on Business” host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton explains the differences between Austrian and Keynesian economics.

Once credit over-expansion hits, rolling back credit won’t be able to put Humpty-Dumpty together again.
 

Obamacare began because of a crisis in medical care. Obamaschool is coming for similar reasons.

Rothbard declared that the kind of banking and financial system that Friedman championed was at the heart of the crisis that was the Great Depression.

This skyscraper craze is a massive misallocation of resources resulting from indiscriminate investment promotion by local governments.

The anti-imperialistic tradition in America</br> — and in the world — will be an important</br> element in this course.

Rampant statism was probably an unavoidable evil in an age during which large segments of the enfranchised populace woke up for active political life.

If banks and other financial institutions should not be too big to fail, neither should the Fed.