The opponents of technological innovation in free markets have been with us for a long time. A century ago, Gustave de Molinari was defending the automobile from the technology haters of his day. Little has changed since then.
Federal surveys that measure "food insecurity" are so hopelessly skewed, as to be useless.
“So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.” (Bob Dylan, All Along the Watchtower, 1967)
The Loyola economics club hosted a debate between economics professor Walter Block and law professor Bill Quigley on the minimum wage. The debate was held on 2/24/15.
Many have tried to create a division between “political freedom” and “economic freedom.” But all freedoms ultimately depend
The neo-mercantilist Export-Import Bank is being pushed with bipartisan support yet again. We’re being told that the Ex-Im Bank is good for private enterprise. It’s no doubt good for some private companies, but there’s a difference between private enterprise and free enterprise.
The Jones Act and similar laws have been behind a precipitous decline in global American shipping. Passed for "national defense" purposes, such laws only serve to raise the cost of shipping to US ports while restricting consumer access to goods.
