Walter Block articles recently put online, here:

Who says we don’t have price control? “Gas station owner told to raise prices“ (Thanks CJ)

Humanitarian Intervention and the State, by Mark R. Crovelli (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, libertarian law professor Ilya Somin celebrates The Godfather for all the right reasons.

Here also is the Mises Institute’s movie guide on the Godfather movies, and Robert Murphy on whether we should loathe or love the mafia.

Henry Hazlitt was one of a very special breed, an economic journalist who not only reported on economic and political events in clear and understandable language, but also made contributions to economics.

[This article is excerpted from chapter 16 of The Ethics of Liberty. Listen to this article in MP3, read by Jeff Riggenbach. The entire book is being prepared for podcast and download.]

For years, domestic sugar producers have benefited from import quotas that limit competition from foreign suppliers of sugar. As with all protectionism beneficiaries, they roll out all manner of bogus arguments to defend it (aptly characterized by William Graham Sumner’s description that “A wants protection; that is, he wants B’s money. A talks sentiment and metaphysics finely, and, after all, all there is in it is that he wants B’s money”). But one justification is particularly noteworthy for its blatant illogic.

In my last article, I urged everyone to say no to the hideous looking fluorescent light bulbs the environmentalists plan to force on us in the name of fighting global warming and “saving the planet.” I described the light bulbs as an entering wedge for further demands adding up to the sacrifice of our entire standard of living.

Here’s the kind of demands the environmentalists have in store to follow our acceptance of the light bulbs, if we should be so foolish. Give Up Clothes Dryers and Power Lawn Mowers