Corporate Welfare
Venezuela: Forty Years of Economic Decline
By the 1970s, the Venezuelan economy was in deep trouble. The half-hearted reforms that followed, paved the way for the rise of Hugo Chávez.
Free Market Economics and Crony Capitalism
Does not big business wrap itself in the mantle of free markets? If so, are not exponents of free markets supporting crony capitalism?
Week in Review: January 14, 2017
The nation braces itself for the inauguration of a new president. Politics, however, will not cure what ails us.
Nick Sorrentino: Against Crony Capitalism
Nick Sorrentino and Jeff Deist discuss the systematic distortion of real capitalism.
Trump Might Be the End of the Bush-Obama Consensus
The cartelized economy foisted on us since 9/11 has been a disaster for businesses and taxpayers. Will Trump return us to "normalcy"?
Europe’s War on Tobacco
Europe's tobacco bans have managed to destroy businesses without actually getting people to stop smoking.
Beware of Governments Bearing Tax Breaks
Promises of tax relief are rarely genuine, and when they are, there are almost always hidden costs in the form of increased political entrepreneurship and the expansion of regulation.
In Defense of Trump’s Deal with Carrier
As long as Trump sticks to tax and regulatory relief, bring on the Art of the Deal.
The Real Reason to Oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline
In Iowa, the Dakota Access Pipeline has relied on government to seize land from private-property owners unwilling to grant access to the oil companies.