Big Government

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

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

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.

Why it's not really possible with public education. (Commentary by Tibor R. Machan)

A primer on the postwar U.S. empire, by Joseph Stromberg. 

Repeal the law that ended financial privacy.