Rethinking Patent Law
The system has never worked but less now than ever. Gene Callahan calls for eliminating patent protection.
Economics of Crime
A fairly well-established subclass of neoclassical economics fails to get to the root of the problem, argues Chris Westley.
Shake Down
The jury verdicts looting tobacco companies and exonerating the federal government at Waco are both contrary to the rule of law.
France’s Capitalist Revolt
In the past, smart French students dreamed of attending the ENA, an educational citadel of government planning. No longer.
Rise of the State
How did the State come into being? Martin van Creveld’s new book provides a new perspective, writes Joseph Stromberg.
Seen and Unseen
The most devastating effects of taxation--as with robbery, burglary, and other forms of confiscation--are the ones we can’t see.
Tyranny of Good Intentions
In addition to sobering tales of government malfeasance, a new work by Roberts and Stratton offers us a theory explaining why these abuses occur: review by Robert Murphy
The Neoclassical Mistake
Man does not operate based on a “utility function,” but by making discrete, unpredictable decisions when faced with a choice, writes Gene Callahan.
America is Not Rome
The habits of empire are a bad fit with U.S. ideals, institutions, and love of liberty: a manifesto by Jon Basil Utley.
Gore’s Energy Plan
Strange how closely the outlines of Gore’s plan track Carter’s during the 1970s energy crisis, eschewing market prices for central dictate.
