Big Government

Officials of the state are storming into the backyards of thousands of homeowners and cutting down their trees, writes Gregory Bresiger.
 

The secret of the state's rise was the separation of the ruler from the organization, says Martin van Creveld, who also predicts the state's demise. 

What the Gore's central plans would do to whole sectors of the economy, as explained by Thomas DiLorenzo.

At last, the chief executive must deal with regulations that daily vex the private sector. 

Al Hunt of the Wall Street Journal is excited. The leftist columnist believes that he has found a wonderful "Third Way" example of using government to help poor people without the whole thing becoming yet another socialist giveaway. However, as with most government schemes that Hunt and his statist media colleagues like to tout, the latest example of "social entrepreneurship" is simply another fraud at worst and a misuse of resources at best.

Fifty years ago, the court broke the movie industry into two parts. The result was disastrous for consumers.

Some recent court decisions strengthen private property rights. But they do not go far enough.  

The idea of vouchers sounds good, but it has too many inherent flaws, like Oskar Lange’s "market socialism."

To keep the regulators at bay, high technology executives are beginning to feel that they had better pay homage to the powers-that-be. This is sheer waste. 

A plan to increase government control over who can practice medicine and how.