Big Government

Jayant Bhandar writes of the real environmental problem that exists the world over: irresponsible "public servants" who care nothing for property rights.

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.

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 percentage of the labor force controlled by unions tends progressively to decline, writes George Reisman. Where the unions hold sway, companies cannot compete.

Henry George's 1886 book on trade is a devastating critique of the arguments of protectionists.

The Social Security system is a giant Ponzi scheme, and no tinkering is going to change that. Workers should be allowed to opt out of the bankrupt scheme, period.

Pride may goeth before the fall, but with politicians like George W. Bush, far too much time separates the pride part from the fall part, writes Lew Rockwell.

Why does the scope of the state always enlarge? Michael S. Rozeff suggests a theory based on the the incentives of those who possess the power to tax.

In the economy of India, you face a choice, writes Jayant Bhandari: obey the law and go out of business, or find ways around the law and make a profit.

The Supreme Court overturned the guilty verdict against Arthur Andersen Company, writes William Anderson, but it came too late to save the firm.