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This weekend, Americans move forward their clocks for daylight saving time, one of the more absurd (outdated) examples of insane government control. Notes James Alexander Webb, the government mandated spring forward is simply another example of “disrespect for the principle of simply leaving people alone.” Unfortunately the principle of lassiez-faire is one too often ignored in today’s world. The consequences of our government’s rigged society are all around us, be it the increasing reliance on food stamps, a far reaching tax system, or the gratuitous examples of well-connected elites enriching themselves from state intervention.

This all begs the question of whether it is democracy itself that may be to blame? That’s the subject of the next episode of Mises Weekends. This week we feature a past talk given by Hans-Hermann Hoppe highlighting some of the key points he makes in his book Democracy: The God That Failed. Hoppe’s lecture not only shows how democratic elections often lead to bad results, but illustrates how political democracy is often incompatible with human liberty.

And in case you missed any of them, hereW are this week’s featured Mises Daily articles and some of our most popular articles at Mises Wire:

• Free Trade Is the Path to Prosperity by Georgi Vuldzhev
• Bernie vs. Ron Paul: There's No Comparison by Lew Rockwell
• Humans Are Hard-Wired to Value Some People Over Others by Andrew Syrios
• Freedom vs. Justice: Are They in Conflict? by David Gordon
• Daylight Saving Time: A Government Annoyance by James Alexander Webb
• Anatomy of a Bank Run by Murray N. Rothbard
• Myth: Half of Americans Don't Pay Federal Taxes by Ryan McMaken
• Negative Rates May Be Ineffective and Dangerous by Joseph Salerno
• Thanks, Bush and Obama: 1 in 7 Americans Were on Food Stamps in 2015 by Ryan McMaken
• Former ECB Chief Economist Disses Negative Interest Rates and Praises Deflation by Joseph Salerno
• Bernie, It’s Government That "Rigs" The Economy by Tho Bishop
• Mises: The Meaning of Lassiez Faire by Ludwig von Mises
• The Undeserving Rich by Jeff Deist
• Downtrend in Money-Supply Growth Poses a Threat to Bubble Activities by Frank Shostak
• The European Central Bank Finally Throws in the Kitchen Sink by Ryan McMaken
• The Problem with "Expressive Voting" by Gary Galles
• Investing Responsibly in an Irresponsible World by Doug French
• We Need to Talk about Frank (Fetter) by Matt McCaffrey
• A "Libertarian" Argument for the Welfare State by David Gordon
• Rothbard: The Genius and the Man, and How to Approach His Work by Joseph Salerno and Tom Woods
• Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles Now Available in Japanese