Bureaucracy and Regulation

Will the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) succeed? If the regulatory story of DDT is a prime example of government regulation in action, then the answer is a resounding no.

Politicians and the media always express shock when they hear about the latest fraudulent schemes involving the welfare system. They shouldn't be surprised, as nothing incentivizes fraud like the welfare state.

Progressives sell state intervention into economic affairs as “protecting” consumers and workers. In all cases, free markets do a better job of protecting all participants.

Statists denounce self defense as “vigilantism,” declaring that only the “defense” services provided by the state are legitimate. Yet, self defense has always been a fundamental right.

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Bruce Goldberg's Why Schools Fail and finds much to like. Not surprisingly, elite progressive “experts” have ruined education just as they have ruined just about everything else.

As Murray Rothbard warned decades ago, government-sponsored science is simply an extension of the bureaucracy used by the regime to force its policies on others. This is not an accident or anomaly; it is how government works.

People who lost their homes last year in the LA wildfires are finding government roadblocks to rebuilding, due to systems put in place by progressives. And nothing will change.

Housing prices in the US are officially off the charts. But why is that the case, as it wasn’t that long ago that homes were affordable. Like all other economic crises, this one has its roots in government policies.

People who lost their homes last year in the LA wildfires are finding government roadblocks to rebuilding, due to systems put in place by progressives. And nothing will change.

The 2025 G20 Global Inequality Report was a timely attempt to address inequality. However, one must be critically aware that government intervention could render matters worse.