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Unimagined Power: The Presidency in the History of Political Philosophy
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004.
Congress Spams America
A common accusation against the Mises Institute is that it is obsessed with tracing social and economic problems to the state, and, in doing so, it oversimplifies the world.
Why Honor Politicians?
Our public institutions routinely celebrate politicians as heroes and parade them before school children as examples of great community leaders. Tibor Machan doubts the underlying assumption. Members of a city council, especially in major cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, are as a rule undeserving of special respect. They do not hold honorable professions.
Martha Stewart’s Surreal Ordeal
The latest developments are part of a long list of transgressions perpetrated by the government in its zeal to ruin Martha Stewart. The reason why ImClone shares were set to fall in the first place was due to an incompetent Food and Drug Association's decision to reject the firm's request to market a highly anticipated cancer drug—a decision it would hypocritically reverse.
A Little Market, a Lot of State
England's undergraduate institutions are rife with outdated and understaffed facilities, crumbling infrastructure, and poorly compensated instructors, all consequences of deferred investment prompted by the need to meet the current expenses of accommodating the influx of new degree-takers. Grant Nülle says that this the fate of all socialist institutions. Blair's proposed reform fall far short of what is necessary.
Power over Principle
The Republicans have done it again. With their new Medicare bill, they’ve made government even bigger.
Bandits and Loopholes
What is a loophole? For the criminal mind, writes Lew Rockwell, the lock on your door, the combination code on your safe, and the weapon your keep for protection are all loopholes you use to escape the work he wants to do. If he had his way, all these loopholes that permit you to maintain privacy and security would be closed forthwith. The result for him would be vastly more revenue.
