Big Government

Ensuring private property rights was essential for the development of the capitalist economy in the Western world.

The mentality of Build Back Better is not just confined to the US. Around the world, governments are resorting to the ancient tradition of using massive amounts of resources to build things that glorify the state, not add to the economy.

Politicians will invoke the venerable just war theory when they believe they can manipulate the facts in their favor. In truth, it is the rare government that engages in a justified conflict.

Contrary to popular belief, regulatory agencies do not improve the quality of our lives, nor do they provide safety or security. They need to be abolished, as free markets provide their own effective forms of regulation.

Government intervention is everywhere, but it is most evident in education.

The decades of American and European intervention in Africa are coming to an end, and things are even worse for American interests there. Perhaps overthrowing governments and trying to dictate political outcomes wasn’t a good idea.

For most Americans, the debate is about what size the welfare state should be. But why is there a welfare state at all? 

Most people have heard about statistics or polls that report on the state of the American consumer and something called “consumer confidence,” but

In many schools around the country, students deal with both physical and emotional aggression each day such that school becomes more about surviving than thriving.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho discuss a recent op-ed from a trio of octogenarian former Republican senators lamenting the state of the GOP.