How Politicians Use Regulations to Deflect Blame
Thanks to their adoring media, politicians create crises and then blame businesses for them. And the political "solutions" are worse than the original problems.
Thanks to their adoring media, politicians create crises and then blame businesses for them. And the political "solutions" are worse than the original problems.
Decolonization is a popular academic and media buzzword. But is colonialism actually responsible for poverty in developing countries? This question deserves an honest answer.
One excuse that political elites give when they drag nations into war is that the conflict was "inevitable" or "unavoidable." Ralph Raico knew better.
Murray Rothbard was an elite economist, historian, and avowed enemy of the state. His legacy lives on nearly three decades after his untimely passing.
Politicians promise economic miracles, but in the end they waste resources and engage in economic destruction. Newfoundland is a case study.
Federal authorities want us to believe that by bailing out Silicon Valley Bank, they have prevented a financial crisis. Instead, we will have a crisis with bailouts.
When he was president, Donald Trump raised tariff rates, promising it would revitalize American production. It was a costly boondoggle.
Most socialists are not misguided about how to have a prosperous economy, for that is not their goal.
How do people in a pluralistic society live peacefully with each other? In his review of Kenneth McIntyre's book, David Gordon points to negative liberty as the best way to preserve values.
The latest from the world of social media is the role of "influencers." There is a perfectly good economic explanation for their popularity.