The Essence of Society Is Peacemaking
Peace and not war is the father of all things. Peace builds; war destroys.
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Two Sides of the Same Debased Coin
Crony capitalism and Keynesianism are just two sides of the same debased coin.
American Exceptionalism: From Gettysburg to Damascus
The American government has transformed itself from “humanitarians with a guillotine” to “humanitarians with weapons of mass murder and destruction.”
Is Pot too Potent to Legalize?
Prohibition encourages suppliers to concentrate the product to make it smaller and thus more potent. In this manner you get “more bang for the buck.”
Native American Reservations: “Socialist Archipelago”
To him, the true Indian was expected to be a spiritually-charged die-hard collectivist.
Come Back to Gold
Every nation, whether rich or poor, powerful or feeble, can at any hour once again adopt the gold standard.
In Defense of Non-Aggression
Supporters of the principle need not worry.The objections don’t hold up.
The Hoover-Roosevelt Depression
The conclusion of Ohanian’s paper is quite—one is tempted to say “hardcore”—Rothbardian.
Obama on Drugs
Should President Obama ignite an even more horrific war on drugs, à la Ronald Reagan, or should he take a different path?
The Price is Wrong – and So is Krugman
The cut-wages-through-inflation strategy is part of Krugman’s heads-I-win-tails-you-lose way of arguing.
