Government Medical “Insurance”
Instead of solving the initial problem, the intervention creates two or three further problems, which the government feels it must intervene to heal.
Other Schools of Thought
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Why Don’t People Get It?
Every evil of the day, even those directly caused by the government, are blamed on the market economy.
[Day 10 of Robert Wenzel's 30-day reading list that will lead you to become a knowledgeable libertarian, this Mises Daily originally ran January 1, 2008.]
Must America Embrace Empire to Be Safe?
The book American Empire is a debate between two "realist" authors on the practical virtues of empire.
What Soviet Medicine Teaches Us
In 1918, the Soviet Union became the first country to promise universal “cradle-to-grave” healthcare, writes Yuri N. Maltsev.
The Fascist Threat
Fascism cartelizes the private sector and denies fundamental rights and liberties to individuals.
The Washington 1 Percent
Those living off the state believe the good times will never end. Trillion-dollar deficits beg to differ.
End This Nonsense Now!
Paul Krugman defends the cartoon version of Keynesianism that we are told is oversimplified.
Early Secular Communism
During the havoc and upheaval of the French Revolution, the communist creed again popped up, but this time the major emphasis was a secular context.
Socialism in Practice: The Lethal Laboratory
Schumpeter said that the USSR "would be a good laboratory." Weber responded, "A laboratory heaped with human corpses!"
Of Krugman and Diocletian
Krugman: “I am not a defender of the economic policies of the emperor Diocletian. Let’s just make that clear.” Ron Paul: “That’s exactly what you’re defending.”
