China’s Benign Neglect Pays Off
K.Y. Leong writes of the Chinese Emperor Han Wudi, who ruled in the 2nd century BC.
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The Skillful Professor Rothbard
F.A. Hayek writes the introduction to a collection of methodological pieces by Murray Rothbard. Hayek wrote that Rothbard not only mastered the praxeological method of Mises but had gone beyond him in many ways.
Can Judges Save Us From Statism?
Randy Barnett is among the world’s leading libertarian academics and lawyers, writes J.H. Huebert, but his most recent book is dangerous.
Liberalism vs. Fascism
Roderick Long says that fasicism an odd fusion of privilege and folksiness; a movement that thinks like Halliburton and talks like George W. Bush.
The Rise and Fall of the City
Hans Hoppe explains why cities exist and how governments destroy them through interventionist politics.
Is Crime Prevention Wasteful? Should It Be Taxed?
Steve Landsburg has made some surprising claims regarding theft prevention devices, writes Doug MacKenzie. Some There are problems with his argument.
Our Money Madness
Lew Rockwell speaks on money old and new, and the absurd notion of monetary central planning.
How the Market Might Have Handled Katrina
Now that the furor over the botched response to Hurricane Katrina has largely subsided, Robert Murphy examines an aspect of the episode that most commentators have neglected, namely how the market might have managed the crisis better.
And Then a Miracle Occurs
In the public policy arena, writes Gary Galles, someone desperate to demonstrate their position, but stymied by a gap in their argument, often invokes a "then a miracle occurs" step, from which their supposed "proof" can continue.
The Dreadful, Dreary, Boring World of Commie Casinos
In Canada, government-owned and run casinos made a mess of the true entertainment value created by casinos in a competitive free market, writes Vedran Vuk.
