Salmaan A. Khan

Articles

Middle Eastern Barriers to an Agile Marketplace

03/25/2015 Mises Daily Salmaan A. Khan

The Middle East once enjoyed unprecedented economic prosperity, but thanks to centuries of bureaucratic centralization and institutional barriers to free-market growth, the modern Middle East has long since fallen behind the West.

Pakistan and the Problem of Military Aid

11/13/2014 Mises Daily Salmaan A. Khan

War is the outcome of class conflict inherent in the political relationship — the relationship between ruler and ruled, parasite and producer, tax-consumer and taxpayer. The parasitic class makes war with purpose and deliberation in order to conceal and ratchet up their exploitation of the much larger productive class.

Sports Stadiums: Temples to Crony Capitalism

10/03/2014 Mises Daily Salmaan A. Khan

As one of the most subsidized non-profit organizations in American history, the NFL excels at tackling the American taxpayer.

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Pakistan and the Problem of Military Aid

11/13/2014 Salmaan A. Khan

Awash in foreign aid from the United States for decades, Pakistan now finds itself having to look to the very countries that once used Pakistan as a model, to find a way out of its military-industrial malaise, writes Salmaan A. Khan. This audio Mises

Sports Stadiums: Temples to Crony Capitalism

10/14/2014 Salmaan A. Khan

Although it’s clear that they offer no economic net benefit, American cities are building taxpayer-funded sports stadiums every chance they get. Billionaire team owners and politicians benefit greatly while ordinary taxpayers do less well, writes

Government Roads, Subsidies, and the Costs of Fracking

06/25/2014 Salmaan A. Khan

A result of a complex system of subsidies and other government favors, it is unclear that fracking would be sustainable in a truly free marketplace, writes Sal Ahmed. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Clay Barnett.

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