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The Post Office recently raised the price of a first-class letter from $0.33 to $0.34, and that of a parcel from $3.20 to $3.50 (for a one-pound package) and to $3.95 (for a two-pounder).  Thanks to the Private Express Statutes, passed in 1845, the government has stymied competition in the delivery of both types of mail, although an exemption in

During the 1950s, at the height of the McCarthy scare, conservative Republicans complained about the fact that alleged communists were ensconced in government jobs. The libertarian journalist Frank Chodorov (1887-1966) made the sensible reply that there was no need to go after these politically unpopular toilers. Instead, the way to get the

Nike, the athletic gear purveyor, came under fire a few years ago for employing contract workers in emerging markets on allegedly onerous terms that supposedly included unsafe working conditions and subminimum wages.  The complaints came from the usual left-wing beneficiaries of capitalism: media pundits (e.g. the Village Voice ) and statist

As a young man, Alan Greenspan considered himself to be a partial follower of Ludwig von Mises.  Like Mises, he wrote in favor of capitalism, free markets, and sound money.  He cofounded a successful economics consulting firm and earned a Ph.D. in economics at Columbia University.  He served as chairman of President Ford’s Council of Economic