Big Government
Prosperity vs. Peace
Collectivism and interventionism emphasize the importance of national boundaries.
The Economics of Healthcare Reform
The only solution to increasing costs is to eliminate government interference in the market and to allow the price mechanism to work as it should. Consumers who pay out of their own pocket will search for the cheapest solutions to suit their needs, while providers of healthcare will compete, through constant innovation, to drive prices down and discover the most efficacious treatments.
What’s Really Wrong with the Healthcare Industry
The only solution to increasing costs is to eliminate government interference in the market and to allow the price mechanism to work as it should.
The New Bureaucratic Man
The supporters of socialized healthcare dream that everything will remain the same, except that someone else will pay the bill.
The Siren Song of Pax Americana
"The financial burdens of hegemony are difficult to overestimate. "
Mercantilism as the Economic Aspect of Absolutism
As the economic aspect of state absolutism, mercantilism was of necessity a system of state-building, of big government, of heavy royal expenditure
Feel Sorry for BP?
The abstraction called the "ecosystem" — which never seems to include mankind or civilization — has done far less for us than the oil industry, and the factories, planes, trains, and automobiles it fuels.
The Cairo Garbage Calamity
The garbage situation in Cairo is a classic example of government imposing a supposedly rational and modern solution that fits the needs of the people in charge but doesn't fit the needs of people. The end result is a spectacular failure.
King on Punishment: A Comment
"I contend that Professor King is a utilitarian rather than a natural-rights theorist."