Bob Murphy: Government Medicine is Killing Us
Jeff Deist and Bob Murphy eviscerate the arguments for Obamacare, and discuss how to protect your health and pocketbook.
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The War on Cars Is a War on Workers and the Poor
Government planners are fond of dreaming up new ways to force people out of their cars. But automobiles have long been a boon to ordinary working people who can access less expensive goods and better jobs because of them.
The Fed Says No to Pot Money, Unless it’s the Government’s Pot Money
The Federal Reserve told a federal judge in Colorado to dismiss a lawsuit by Fourth Corner Credit Union, blocking marijuana businesses in the state from legal banking services. This is just one of the many legal conundrums the budding industry has had to face since state law branched away from federal law on marijuana.
The Mises Week in Review: October 17, 2015
It was a big week for Bernie Sanders's brand of socialism, and millions of Americans already agree with him. Thanks to unquestioning acceptance of wild claims about the success of socialism in Europe, many Americans are now wishing for some European-style socialism themselves.
Sanders and His Followers Are Not Outliers
Because conservatives are only nominally less statist than today’s progressives, socialist policies that would have sounded outrageous to many Americans 100 years ago are now the baseline for the modern American political mind. Bernie Sanders is capitalizing on this reality.
The Dirty Business of Government Trash Collection
Privatizing garbage collection isn't exactly a tough nut to crack from the perspective of entrepreneurs and economic theory. But that doesn't stop government from mandating a government monopoly on trash collection in many places.
Rod Martin: Hope Lies In Entrepreneurs, Not Politicians
Martin contrasts the difficulties world governments have in confronting global crises with the hope and resilience of entrepreneurship.
Drug Shortages, Price Gouging, and Our Broken Health Care System
By separating buyer and seller with reams of regulations, government-controlled health care ensures that near-shortages and actual shortages are a constant danger hanging over the heads of patients and hospitals. The answer, of course, lies in de-regulation.
Per Bylund: Refugees, Property Rights, and Open Borders
Jeff Deist and Per Bylund discuss immigration from a libertarian perspective.
The Economics of Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders is not a new Mao or Marx. He’s really just a modern New Dealer, and he’s recycling old New Deal plans and rhetoric. And, just like the original, Sanders’ New Deal will do nothing to end our current economic malaise.
