Big Government
California and New York Are Even Shaking Down Fleeing Residents
Even though people are leaving California and New York in droves due in large part to their ruinous taxes, the state authorities are tracking these emigrants down and demanding they continue to pay state taxes. Right out of Orwell.
Order without the State: Lessons from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’s Florida Scrub
Do we need government to referee all of our property disputes? Throughout history, people have peacefully resolved disputes without the help of state authorities.
The TikTok Ban Is the Next Patriot Act
Congress claims to have targeted TikTok because China's government allegedly uses it to spy on Americans. Besides dealing with a nonexistent threat, the bill gives the federal government vast new powers to misuse.
State Coercion and the Injustice of Apartheid
In publicly opposing apartheid, William H. Hutt saw how legal segregation kept black South Africans from pursuing legitimate economic goals. To Hutt, apartheid deprived people of equality of economic opportunity, which kept them in poverty.
Thinking Properly about Public Welfare
For most Americans, the debate is about what size the welfare state should be. But why is there a welfare state at all?
They Want to Scare You with Myths of “Unhampered Capitalism”
Political and academic elites have successfully convinced the public that they should fear private enterprise. However, people really should fear an out-of-control government.
How the “Informal” Economy Creates Free Markets in Bolivia
Bolivia has been mired in poverty, hyperinflation, and state control of the economy for generations. It is time for a change, and the Alasitas Fair is leading the way.
Blowback in the African Coup Belt
The decades of American and European intervention in Africa are coming to an end, and things are even worse for American interests there. Perhaps overthrowing governments and trying to dictate political outcomes wasn’t a good idea.
Joseph Stiglitz: Stupid or Sinister?
Ryan and Tho discuss the media campaign around Joseph Stiglitz's new book, The Road to Freedom.