Think Gentrification Is Bad? The Opposite Is Worse
Land has no intrinsic value, and its price can go to zero under various conditions. Nearby owners will soon find themselves wishing for gentrification.
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Is Forced Military Service Good for the Economy?
The latest argument in favor of conscription is that it's good for the economy. But, it's all just another central-planning scheme.
The Eclipse: How Markets Could Have Prevented the “Traffic Nightmare”
After the eclipse, access to major roadways should have been priced according to highway capacity and demand.
Week in Review: August 19, 2017
The growth of government comes at the expense of civility.
How Welfare States Make Us Less Civilized
The market’s informal, spontaneous cooperation for mutual benefit has been replaced by a statist mindset.
A Flat Tax Is Not More “Efficient” Than a Tax System with Loopholes
If we want taxpayers to be more efficient, we should be giving them more tax loopholes. Closing loopholes has the opposite effect.
Value Investing’s Compatibility with Austrian Economics — Truth or Myth?
This article attempts to illustrate what makes value investing incompatible with Austrian economics and, hence, to terminate a lingering myth.
Trump’s Maoist Steel Obsession
The wealth of nations is not measured in steel, or in the number of people who make it domestically.
