Commodity Money in Colonial America
Gold and silver are international commodities, and, when not prohibited by government decree, foreign coins are perfectly capable of serving as standard moneys.
Political Theory
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Commerce Is a People’s Revolution, Daily
<p>Joseph Schumpeter is smiling while the equity holders of Borders stock are crying.</p>
How to Acquire Political Power: The Economics of Winning Elections
Voters are faced with bundled choices, they vote infrequently, no individual’s vote will affect the election, voters have little incentive to
The Rise of Statism
Higgs's book is that rare and wondrous combination: scholarly and hard-hitting, lucidly written and libertarian as well.
The Reagan Fraud — and After
During his eight years in office, Reagan increased federal spending by 53 percent, added a quarter of a million new civilian government employees, escalated the War on Drugs, created the “drug czar’s office,” and lowered the value of your 1980 dollar to 73 cents.
Physiocracy and Free Trade in 18th-Century France: Strategy and Influence
It is theoretically conceivable but scarcely likely that the ruling class will rush to embrace a philosophy and a political economy that will end t
A Soviet Foreign Policy: A Revisionist Perspective
It is vital — indeed, it is literally a life-and-death matter — that Americans be able to look as coolly and clear-sightedly, as free from myth, at
It’s the People vs. The Government
The advocates of free-market economics almost invariably pin the blame for government intervention solely on erroneous ideas—that is, on incorrect ideas about which policies will advance the public weal.
A People’s Uprising Against the Empire
More than the anti-Soviet protests of the late 1980s, the Egyptian uprisings reveal what might eventually come home to the American empire itself, under the right conditions and at the right time.
