How Not to Like Wal-Mart
Laurence Vance suggests a way for those who loathe Wal-Mart to be activists who make a difference: don't shop there.
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The Sociology of Taxation
In this excerpt from his new book, Hans-Hermann Hoppe shows how taxation corrupts the political culture and harms social well being.
The Economics of Taxation
In this excerpt from his new book, Hans-Hermann Hoppe argues that any form of taxation implies a reduction of income a person can expect to receive from original appropriation, from production, or from contracting.
Fools Put Faith in Data Alone
James Sheehan writes that randomness influences all types of human action and helpfully exposes the futility of macroeconomics and econometrics, to say nothing of the attempt by government to plan.
Should We Worry About Falling Savings?
Deducting personal monetary outlays from disposable money income yields personal saving, and this has been plunging. But Frank Shostak says that this data can't be taken seriously.
Stateless in Somalia, and Loving It
Somalia is in the news again, writes Yumi Kim. Rival gangs are shooting each other, and why? The reason is always the same: the prospect that the weak-to-invisible transitional government in Mogadishu will become a real government with actual power.
Why Statists Always Get it Wrong
Per Bylund identifies a problem statists face on an everyday basis when discussing philosophy and politics.
The Law (Stirling Translation, 1874)
Bastiat's classic essay in its original English translation. "The law perverted! The law...become the tool of every kind of avarice, instead of being its check!
Iraq and the Democratic Empire
This talk was delivered to the Auburn University Libertarians on February 16, 2006.
Bastiat’s Legacy in Economics
Claude Frédéric Bastiat (1801 — 1850) is one of the greatest economists ever.
