Big Government

The perils of government intervention in the market for sports. (Article by William Anderson)

The U.S. Postal Service cracks down on free enterprise alternatives. (Article by James Bovard)

What the founders were rebelling against and why it still matters (from Investors Business Daily).

According to the hoopla, the World Trade Organization (WTO) was created in 1995 as an instrument of global free trade. Instead, it is proving to be a vehicle for corruption, economic reprisals, and politicization of trade.

The troubling relationship between the SEC and the securities industry (by Gregory Bresiger).

The Supreme Court takes a small step, but there is a very long way to go.

Professors Vedder and Gallaway have done outstanding work for the the Joint Economic Committee, and it is available on-line.

By what standard can its restriction be justified? Property rights are the only legitimate standard. (Commentary by Christopher Mayer.)

In wonderful if unintended backfire, regulatory threats create a boom in sales. (Commentary by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.)

Without an accurate accounting picture, federal agencies do not know the costs of their programs and do not have the financial information needed to make informed day-to-day decisions. The government's failure to maintain common accounting standards creates the possibility that billions of dollars have been stolen or wasted.