Stephen Anderson

Articles

06/25/2025 Mises Wire Stephen Anderson

Economic sanctions, as a general principle, have a history of failure in the 20th and 21st centuries, which penalize everyday citizens in the sanctioned country.

Early Railroads and Hospitals

06/10/2025 Power & Market Stephen Anderson

The 19th century saw the creation and expansion of railroads in the United States, which hauled freight and carried paying passengers. One offshoot from privately-owned railroads was the creation of company-built and -operated hospitals to treat their employees in remote locations.

India Foreign Exchange Controls Leads to Loss of Freedom

06/03/2025 Power & Market Stephen Anderson

The central government intervention suspending each foreign currency exchange license in the country is an example leading to a loss of freedom for each NGO operating in the country.

Media

FISA: How a Watergate-Era “Reform” Turned into a Mechanism of Massive State Surveillance

09/04/2024 Stephen Anderson

The flurry of post-Watergate “reforms” supposedly were passed to counteract government abuse of citizens. Not surprisingly, the FISA program, which was aimed at reducing internal government spying became the means of massive growth of the surveillance state.

Chop the Federal CHIPS Act

07/12/2024 Stephen Anderson

For all of the media ballyhoo about the CHIPS Act, it really is a page out of the old five-year plans from the Soviet Union. The CHIPS Act will have the same success as befell the Soviets.

Personal Medical Bankruptcy: Made in DC

04/09/2024 Stephen Anderson

When the government wants to make something more affordable, that usually means new subsidies, laws, and regulations that drive up the real price. Higher medical prices will mean more medical bankruptcies.

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