Guns and Schools: Can the Market do Better?
People want safe neighborhoods and schools, which is just another way to say there is a market for them.
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Is Money Creation Fueling the Stock Market Surge?
In order then to have a general increase in prices, all other things being equal, there must be an increase first in the money supply.
The State’s Odd Definition of “Consent”
"Consenting" to something while being detained by police is a bit like "consenting" to hand over your wallet when a mugger pulls a gun.
Central Bank Musical Chairs
Reversing trillions of dollars of securities purchases will create turmoil. And now that price inflation is in equation, the ride will be bumpy.
Mises and His Methods
How did Mises go about doing economics? How do his methods compare with those of the modern mainstream?
End the Drug War for These Very Practical Reasons
Drug addiction is indeed a serious problem. But the war on drugs does not lessen this problem, nor does it address the core issues leading to addiction.
With Inequality, Some Is Fair and Some Is Unfair
Market growth can naturally lead to greater inequality. But government interventions often add their own, more insidious brand of inequality.
Security Works at Disney — But Can’t Work at a Public School?
The fact that politicians get highly-attentive security guards — while school kids get a cut-rate version of security — is revealing.
Martin Van Buren: El presidente más infravalorado de Estados Unidos
Martin Van Buren es probablemente uno de los presos más difamados y, paradójicamente, uno de los presidentes de Estados Unidos más olvidados.
Health Care: American Mania vs. Canadian Sclerosis
The Canadian medico-sclerosis would have been worse if it weren’t for the American medico-mania which has brought an unbelievable number of innovations.
