Power & Market
For Austrian Scholars: Theory Development Workshop at OSU (Application Deadline This Saturday)
A notice from Steve Trost, Director Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise at Oklahoma State University. The deadline for applications is Saturday, October 19, at 8:00 p.m. CDT.
Why Equality Is Bad
It’s the free market or nothing. We are fortunate that the only economic system is one that benefits everybody through the chance of making mutually advantageous exchanges.
Eggs and Nest Eggs
This week’s CPI reading remained higher than the securities markets were hoping because of the price of an important source of protein for seniors, eggs.
Hurricane Response Proves Volunteerism is Better than Authoritarianism
One would think government officials would welcome the help of volunteers, but instead they harass them and even threaten to arrest them!
Failure as a Design Imperative
The idea that “if it can fail, it should” probably seems oxymoronic to most people when applied to the economic realm.
American Neocons Get Their Iran War as Congress Sleeps
Over the weekend, the Commander of the US Central Command, General Michael Kurilla, arrived in Israel to “coordinate” with the Israeli military and plan a military strike against Iran.
FEMA’s Incompetent Crisis Response
FEMA’s very existence and response mechanisms are fundamentally flawed.
Government Jobs and Part-Time Work Are Behind the Latest Jobs Gains
To find any real growth in employment in the September report, we have to look to government jobs and workers holding down two jobs as total hours decline.
The Many Roads to Liberty
What are the philosophical foundations of a libertarian society? There are many possible answers, but in this column, I’m going to discuss three of the most important of these.