Value and Exchange

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Douglas French
Is buying land a good idea? It's a lot more complicated than simply declaring "buy land, they aren't making it anymore."
Robert Fellner
Wages spring directly from, and are proportional to, the degree in which a job creates wealth by helping to satisfy an unmet need.
Mark Brandly
Ricardo's law of comparative advantage is only part of the story when it comes to understanding the benefits of free trade.
Chris Calton
Jeff Bezos is now rivaling Bill Gates for the richest man in the world title, but only after decades of making everybody else a little bit richer first.
Ryan McMaken

Wisconsin's foreign-butter ban may seem like a small issue, but it illustrates the problems that arise when government limits trade in any way.

Gary Galles
When they ignore basic economics, special interest groups sacrifice the well-being of their future members in exchange for short-term gains.
Matthew McCaffrey
Kirzner’s thoughtful and polite approach to scholarship is a model for how younger Austrians can approach scholarly debate.
Ryan McMaken
Housing activists in Los Angeles hope to expand rent control there. This will make the city's housing crisis even worse.
Xiong Yue
Once again, good-intentioned policies that ignore the laws of economics only hurt those who they were originally intended to help.
Ryan McMaken

Governments made a mess of immigration thanks to their naturalization and welfare policies. But the answer is not to further limit property rights.