Where’s the Kelo Calamity?
Eminent domain is the best example of how government is not the protector of private property but its main violator, writes Lew Rockwell.
Big Government
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An Economic Analysis of Power
Michael Rozeff explains ways in which power comes to work its evil. A ruler is never as careful with public money as with his own.
Talking Butts: A Smoking Documentary
A condensed version of the documentary “Talking Butts,” Directed by Jesse Walker, Patrick McMenamin and Bretigne Shaffer; Produced by J
The Meltdown of the German Welfare State
The past year has brought to light what so long was concealed under the veil of the German consensus model, writes Frank Vogelgesang.
Harry Potter and Walter Block’s decline to the state.
Walter Block’s recent thread “I blew my chance to be on the payroll with every
The Ethics of Liberty
Murray Rothbard’s greatest contribution to the politics of freedom is back in print. Following up on Mises’s demonstration that a society without private property degenerates into economic chaos, Rothbard shows that every interference with...
The Polluting State
Jayant Bhandar writes of the real environmental problem that exists the world over: irresponsible "public servants" who care nothing for property rights.
But Wouldn’t Warlords Take Over?
A common objection to a purely free society is that it would quickly degenerate into constant battles between private warlords. Robert Murphy takes on that objection and argues that freedom can't fully suppress warlordism but it can make it costly.
It’s Never Enough
The Group of Eight finance ministers will meet this week in Perthshire, Scotland, writes Joseph Potts, to address various weighty financial decisions that their governments have expropriated from the more-capable hands of their citizens.
The Union Hunt for More Victims
The percentage of the labor force controlled by unions tends progressively to decline, writes George Reisman. Where the unions hold sway, companies cannot compete.
