Big Government
How the Peace Was Lost: Ignoring the Presidential Oath in 1964 and 2002–2003
On February 16, 2001, while George W.
George Stigler and the Myth of Efficient Government
This article argues that while there are a few transparent similarities between politics and markets, the fundamental differences between them rend
From Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government by Randall G. Holcombe
In this article, Dr. Ludwig van den Hauwe reviews Randall G.
Rejoinder to Holcombe on the Inevitability of Government
Holcombe (2004) argued that government was inevitable. In Block (2005) I maintained that this institution was not unavoidable.
The European Union’s American Pedigree: Lessons from the Other Side of the Atlantic
The European Union is a continental movement with an American pedigree.
Archipelagos of Educational Chaos
The defense of government schooling, like government itself, is based on fallacies.
The Limits of Jacksonian Liberalism: Individualism, Dissent, and the Gospel of Andrew According to Lysander Spooner
In 1844 Massachusetts resident Lysander Spooner (1808–1887) advertised in the public press the establishment of the American Letter Mail Company.
Susette Kelo, et al. v. City of New London, Connecticut
Susette Kelo would like to continue living in her newly-restored, waterfront home of seven years.
Nozick’s Failed Defense of the Just State
In this paper, I argue that Nozick fails to adequately defend the claim that a just state would arise from a Lockean state of nature by a process w
