Philosophy and Methodology

Growth-management laws serve only to increase home prices and exclude more people from enjoying the benefits of home ownership. Government should get out of the way and let homebuilders provide affordable housing that will change the lives of low-income people for the better.

PIMCO bond manager Paul McCulley’s recent commentary,

From the book For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, as narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, the novelist, said the rich are different from us.

Maybe some tax expert can set me straight on the following assumptions, but from what I can tell, federal income tax law technically should make it

The idea that people can provide things for themselves either individually or through the family frightens the state. It delegitimizes its role.

On occasion I’ll see someone try to smooth over the Mises-Hayek “dehomogenization” debate which argued whether and to what extent

Sometimes we’re lucky. Sometimes simple, everyday occurrences suggest solutions.

Or: We’re from the government—and we’re here to help.