Political Theory
Collectivism, Climate Change, and Economic Freedom
An individual kills someone—for money, out of jealousy, as an act of revenge, or because he doesn’t like his victim’s looks.
Does the State Resolve or Create Conflict?
Contrary to Radnitzky's assertion, writes Hans-Hermann Hoppe, it is not difficult to imagine peaceful human cooperation without any collective decision-making.
The Global Warming Bugaboo
The environmental movement maintains that science and technology cannot be relied upon to build a safe atomic power plant, to produce a pesticide t
Civilization is Not Doomed, and more
I consider it as a very good sign that, while 50 years ago, practically nobody in the world had the courage to say anything in favor of a free economy, we have now, at least in some of the advanced countries of the world, institutions that are centers for the propagation of a free economy.
The Failure of Government Justice
The Law (Stirling Translation, 1874)
Bastiat's classic essay in its original English translation. "The law perverted! The law...become the tool of every kind of avarice, instead of being its check!
Bastiat’s Legacy in Economics
Claude Frédéric Bastiat (1801 — 1850) is one of the greatest economists ever.
The Rise and Fall of the City
This essay is based on a chapter of Democracy: The God That Failed.
Dictator Mentality at The New York Times
In its Monday editorial “Next Steps on Energy,” The New York Ti
