Is Culture Degeneration Biological or Ideological?
Why do cultures degenerate? Robin Hanson cites biological factors, but Mises and the Austrians point directly to purposeful choices.
Bureaucracy and Regulation
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Price Controls and Drug Shortages in France: A Textbook Case of the Evils of Interventionism
France is facing critical shortages of a number of drugs, and one need look no further for a cause than a price control regime.
Price Controls and Drug Shortages in France: A Textbook Case of the Evils of Interventionism
France is facing critical shortages of a number of drugs, and one need look no further for a cause than a price control regime. Naturally, the French media and government blame capitalism and look to double down on the intervention that has causes this crisis.
Regime Uncertainty and the Trump New Deal
President Trump has made a lot of noise in the business community in the first few months of his administration. Unfortunately, his actions and rhetoric have created a lot of uncertainty in the economy, threatening capital development.
The Spanish Blackout and the Costs of Renewable Energy
The usual suspects from the American and European elites are claiming that Spain‘s recent blackout was the result of unusual weather conditions. In truth, Spain‘s dependence upon renewable energy was to blame.
Mercantilism in America: The Trouble with Self-Sufficiency
President Trump has invoked the ancient fallacies of mercantilism in fashioning his protectionist trade policies. We will find that mercantilism is just as harmful today than it was hundreds of years ago when it first became Britain‘s national policy.
MAHA is a Movement of Government Overreach
Robert Kennedy‘s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) crusade is being promoted as a government-led effort to eliminate health hazards in food and medicine. However, MAHA depends upon government overreach, which ultimately will undermine any good MAHA does.
Spain in the Dark: Chronicle of a Foretold Blackout
Centralizing electricity management is probably a mistake. It makes us collectively vulnerable to a single failure or attack and also inefficient.
Why Are US Drug Prices So High?
Alex Tabarrok joins Bob to break down Trump’s drug price executive order, price controls, and the real economics behind Big Pharma and healthcare innovation.
Homeschooling Is Our Best Defense Against the State
Homeschooled children are educated more effectively than public school students and at a fraction of the cost of public education. Naturally, the government wants to destroy it, with Illinois currently leading the anti-homeschooling mob.
