Nonsense on Oil
Higher prices have unleashed a torrent of economic fallacy, from boycotts on gas stations to agitations for price controls. Paul Cwik responds.
Are We Entering a Recession?
The oil price, the stock market, the yield curve, and other factors suggest the boom may be fading. But several quick steps to free markets would shorten the pain.
Libertarian Thought in Colonial America
[This is chapter 33 from Rothbard’s 4-volume history of colonial America, Conceived in Liberty. Listen to the audio version.]
The Income Inequality Hoax
All talk of disproportionate wealth gains belongs in the dustbin of history.
Antitrust Meets Women’s Rights
The shoe industry is under regulatory attack, adding to the list of businesses punished for exercising the freedom to make contracts and compete in a market economy.
Colonial Origins of American Liberty
[Delivered at the Mises Institute conference, The History of Liberty, January 2000]
The Mystery of the Money Supply
Greenspan recently said he is not sure what the money supply is. But money is like any commodity: it has a supply and it can be counted.
Another Energy Crisis?
We could have another on our hands if the bureaucrats get involved in regulating prices again.
How to Bring Oil Prices Down
OPEC is restricting production, but it’s domestic taxes and regulations that keep gas and oil prices high.
The Gates-Rockefeller Myth
The judge in the Microsoft case says the company is like Standard Oil earlier this century. He’s right, for the wrong reasons.
