Don’t Mix Politics and Climate Science
Poor societies cannot afford to care about the environment.
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Cradles of Capitalism: the City-States of Greece and Italy
Ancient and Renaissance city-states were some of the greatest incubators of economic and entrepreneurial activity.
Hey GOP, Want to Cut the Burden of Government? Cut Spending.
It is not deficits per se, but total government spending that distorts the economy and starves the private sector of resources.
Capital As a Form of Charity
Both fact and logic seem to support the view that savings invested in privately owned economic tools of production amount to an act of charity.
Why Populism Isn’t Going Away
An ailing foundation of the economy provides fertile soil for dissatisfaction with the status quo.
Federal Prosecutors Are Running Amok
The law has become the plaything of federal prosecutors who advance their careers by convicting others.
Government Recycling Programs Waste Valuable Resources
Market prices tell us how people want resources to be used. Government recycling programs ignore these important signals.
High Prices and Zombie Housing
This odd mix of rising prices and three months of vacant inventory being ransacked by squatters is not how markets work, unless government is involved.
Mainstream Economists Whitewashed the Evils of Communism
There’s no excuse for any sentient being – especially an economist – to have praised the decrepit communist economic model by the 1980's.
Government “Funding” Can’t Grow the Economy
Government cannot increase its spending without hurting those who produce real wealth.
