Ron Paul on the Latest Anti-Russia Sanctions
From a free-market perspective, trade sanctions are always immoral and illegitimate because they restrict trade and free choice among individua
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When State-Subsidized Industries Attack
The corn, sugar, and ethanol industries in the US are all part of a complex system of government subsidies and other favors, writes Dave Albin.
The War on Drugs Is Not Like The War on Poverty
Unlike the War on Poverty, the War on Drugs is a real and bloody war by the United States against a minority group known as drug buyers and sellers
The War on Drugs Is Not Like The War on Poverty
The poverty rate is not declining, and people continue to buy and sell drugs.
How Government Uses “Efficiency” as an Excuse to Steal
Only individuals can determine what is efficient for themselves, writes Gary Galles. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Robert Hale.
Hollywood and the State: A Longtime Partnership
Not content with just the movie industry, the US government has also turned to the video game industry in more recent decades.
Review of Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society, by Robert Higgs
Against Leviathan would be an excellent companion reader for any economics class that deals with policy, and especially a class on regulation and the relationship between government and business.
Review of Making Sense of Social Security Reform, by Daniel Shaviro; Is Social Security Broke? by Barbara R. Bergmann; Administrative Aspects of Investment-Based Social Security Reform, edited by John B. Shoven
The cognoscenti behind the Bush (Campaign 2000) proposal call their plan “privatization.” Privatization, as typically understood by economists, means the transfer of capital ownership and resource allocation
The Economic Theory of Bureaucracy: Insights from the Niskanian Model and the Misesian Approach
Governmental interventions in the economy take numerous forms, and they require the existence of a public authority, a bureaucracy, to implement them.
Review of A Perilous Progress: Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth-Century America, by Michael A. Berstein
Every economist who regards himself or herself as a free-market theorist and advocate should acquire, read, and retain this paean to planning and interventionism as a valuable reference—especially if he or she is also a political libertarian.
