Power & Market
The Fallacy of Identity Economics
The economist Alex Tabarrok recently criticized "identity economics" in a manner reminiscent of Murray Rothbard's criticism of Keynes.
A Study in Willful Blindness
Anthony Flood has written a valuable study of the surprising failure of the Communist historian Herbert Aptheker to cite C.L.R. James's Black Jacobins, despite its clear relevance to his work.
Canada’s Export Guarantee Program: More Risk for the Taxpayer
Worried about the risks your business faces in an uncertain world? Well, don't worry: this government agency can just force the taxpayers to subsidize you until the risks melt away.
Bernie and Ocasio-Cortez Declare War on the Poor With Anti-Credit-Card Law
By slapping new regulations on high-interest credit cards, Bernie and Ocasio-Cortez will just prevent high-risk borrowers from getting loans.
As Fed Founders, Get Ready for More Radical Monetary Policy
The Fed has basically given up on "normalization" which means central bankers and their friends are working on even more radical policy options for the next crisis.
Hayekian Insights from The Road to Serfdom
Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom reached its 75th anniversary this year, and there is no shortage of qutable insights we can glean from its pages.
End Federal Prohibitions of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms
Hallucinogenic 'shroom de-criminalization managed to get a narrow win in Denver this week. Here's why it was so close in a place where marijuana legalization won easily.
What Mises Said about Rothbard
Critics of Rothbard have tried to create a myth in which Rothbard is not in the same Austrian tradition as Mises. The words of Mises himself say otherwise.
Venezuela Needs Both a Political and an Ideological Change
Those seeking to topple Maduro seek to use the Keynesian recipe that will apply all the usual failed policies that have been used historically in Venezuela.
