The Bureaucrat in Your Shower
You can hack your shower, writes Jeffrey Tucker, but do not do this lest you endanger your status as a law-abiding citizen who takes wimpy showers.
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Must Austrians Embrace Indifference?
Robert Nozick and Bryan Caplan have blasted Austrians for rejecting the concept of indifference and then surrepticiously smuggling it back in by way of explaining marginalism. Are they right? Hans-Hermann Hoppe says, no, they are not right.
Constitutional Law, Corporate Power, and Liberal Imperialism
Issue 19.4 of the Journal of Libertarian Studies offers path-breaking and controversial articles on topics ranging from jurisprudence to economic history, and from sixteenth-century Spain to contemporary Iraq, with plenty of debates between libertarians.
The Make-Believe World of Central Banking
Thorsten Polleit explains how the Fed and the ECP are trying to create what they cannot: a growing economy with low interest rates, minimal inflation, and no business cycles.
Can Trade Ever Harm a Country?
Robert Murphy sweeps aside all claims that free trade is bankrupting any country.
How the Stewardess Lost Her Stripes
BK Marcus observes: there was a time when jetsetting playboys were pictured as having a stewardess or two on his arm. Something has changed.
Colorado’s “Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights”: A Lesson on How to Limit Government?
Ryan McMaken writes that the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment to the Colorado has slowed the growth of government.
Is the Inflation Monster Tamed?
Mike Shedlock reports that the Inflation Monster has been captured by the European Central Bank--or so their lastest cartoon release claims.
Puppet State Brought Down By Price Controls?
If you read the financial press, and are watching Iraq news, the warnings are quite ominous.
A Flood of Folly
Economic ignorance rises to the top: that’s Tim Kern’s explanation for FEMA’s continued support of building in flood-prone areas.
