Banks couldn't collude on behalf of debit-card fees, even if they so wanted, because they're more interested in retaining current customers and attracting new ones from institutions that assess unpopular charges.
In the acts of government, a singleness of conduct is attempted that by its very nature defies the law of variation — the requisite of progress.
As the old saying goes, the more expensive you are to fire, the more expensive you are to hire. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the European continent.
In a voluntary society, both parties benefit from any exchange, or it wouldn't have happened in the first place. We only want the most profitable businesses to be operational, because we will benefit the most from the best and cheapest goods.
It is the state, not consumers, that ultimately decides who will succeed or fail.
A priori theory shows us that deviating from the sound-money principle leads to disastrous economic, social, and political damage.
Collecting and calculating statistics for the government is not as glamorous as Al Gore makes it sound.
