Water Subsidies and Shortages in the American West
Water is distributed in the West not by markets and market prices, but by the political process.
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Two Types of Individualism
What individualism teaches us is that society is greater than the individual only in so far as it is free.
Economies are Not Destroyed in a Day
Most economists and policy analysts seem to have a superficial reading of economic variables.
The FDA: A Pain From the Neck to the Big Toe
Once again government has taken something that was cheap and beneficial and turned it into a monopoly that drives up the cost.
A Pioneer of Economic Analysis in Victorian England
Chadwick believed in incentive-based social reform. He also wrote about moral hazard problems, anticipating many insights of contemporary economics.
The Selfish Gene, Social Darwinism, and Human Cooperation
Reason has demonstrated that, for man, the most adequate means of improving his condition is social cooperation and division of labor.
To Save Europe, Free the Markets
No government planner can compete with the resource allocation efficiency of a market system.
Why Are Jurors Expected to Work for Below-Market Wages?
Americans’ right to a jury trial does not imply that drafting jurors is the best way to provide that right.
Government Shutdowns, the Debt Ceiling, and Our Mountain of Debt
What is needed is fiscal reform. Only drastically cutting government spending will bring back prosperity.
Pro-Union, Crony-Capitalist Thinking Dooms Another Employer
Painful lessons are avoidable when business plans and policies do not violate economic laws and when governments do not interfere.
