Political Theory

Watch or listen to Edward Stringham's talk at the Mises Circle in Boston.

Watch or listen to Tom Woods's talk from the Mises Circle in Boston.

High-frequency trading is not the nefarious scheme policymakers would have you believe it is. It serves a real purpose in the marketplace.

The critique of "trickle-down" economics relies on a mistaken zero-sum view that more income for some must reduce incomes to others.

Henry Hazlitt brings to his only novel, Time Will Run Back, the same clarity and ease for the reader he brought to Economics in One Lesson.

Estate taxes destroy businesses and undermine families while enriching the state. Not surprisingly, Hillary Clinton wants more of them.

Some medical facilities are opting out of the whole health insurance bureaucracy to make care less expensive.

A democratic government that respects no limits on its own power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect.

A Polish politician's severe illness has suddenly put legalization of medical marijuana on the table.

Donald Trump has forced the GOP to admit it really has no interest in serious spending cuts or in balancing the budget.