Big Government

President Trump’s so-called populism really is a mish-mash of protectionism, increased government spending, price controls, and some deregulation. Don’t expect good results.

US Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has introduced a federal spending restraint bill, called the “Six Penny Plan” that may actually work.

It’s not about fighting over what little there is, but about serving and cooperating voluntarily to create abundance, which is what characterizes the free market.

Javier Milei, whatever one thinks of his time in office, is surely the only national leader in the world who claims Murray Rothbard has inspired many of his actions to stem the economic and social decline in Argentina.

This war is not just making energy more expensive, it’s knocking out the higher order goods the global structure of production depends on. This has already locked in dangerous shortages in critical industries like healthcare, food production, and much more.

The Kenyan government from 2014 to 2024 perfectly illustrates Rothbard’s thesis: a parasitic caste that siphons public funds while cloaking predation in the rhetoric of development, security, and public service.

This war is not just making energy more expensive, it’s knocking out the higher order goods the global structure of production depends on. This has already locked in dangerous shortages in critical industries like healthcare, food production, and much more.

"It is legitimate to use violence against criminals in defense of one's rights of person and property; it is completely impermissible to violate the rights of other innocent people."

What happens when a corporation resists a government edict because company leaders believe the policy to be morally wrong? The ordeal of Anthropic is a current case in point.

We hit an ignominious milestone recently when the national debt crossed $39 trillion.