Profits and High Prices: More Economic Nonsense
Anyone with even a basic understanding of economics should have seen it coming: our leaders are threatening oil companies for making money off higher prices, writes William Anderson.
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Four Thousand Years of Price Control
Supply and demand have been allowed to work in energy markets, writes Thomas DiLorenzo, resulting in ups and downs in gasoline prices. But Congress wants to end it.
Bush’s Fowl Play
In a classic case of News of the Weird, writes Jeffrey Tucker, President Bush warned that some birds are catching the flu. Say goodbye to your liberties.
Why Money Supply Matters
For governments in general and the US government in particular, Ludwig von Mises had a policy recommendation: do not increase the stock of money any further.
The Myth of Energy Deregulation
Politicians and regulators forced a sham of a “deregulation” scheme upon the energy industry in California, writes Adam Summers, and then blamed the free market when it inevitably failed.
Germany: Doomed by Schmollerism
The roots of the performance gap between Germany and the Anglo nations, writes Robert Formaini, can be found in a largely forgotten intellectual skirmish over fine points of economic thought.
Methodenstreit Comix
Ivan Pongracic reviews Mark Skousen's new book on Austrian and Chicago economics.
A Spanish Entrepreneur vs. The State
Bureaucrats using the coercion of the state in whatever capacity consume capital in the course of their duties, writes Sterling Morton.
Lands of Catastrophe: The Case of India and Pakistan
Millions suffer every year in the subcontinent from a cycle of horrible floods and water shortages, writes Jayant Bhandari. Why is it that so many people die in these countries while the West hardly ever suffers from such comparable problems?
Wal-Mart Warms to the State
The CEO of Wal-Mart surprised many by calling for an increase in the minimum wage, writes Lew Rockwell. It is a cartelization tactic that uses regulatory violence as a means of competition.
