Economic Freedom

Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher with the New York Yankees, used to say, “Always go to other people’s funerals.

According to AOC and Bernie Sanders, it is impossible for someone to obtain a billion dollars of income by any means beyond theft. How much of a mega-income is due to entrepreneurial profit and how much is a wealth transfer?

The possibility that there may be offshore oil deposits in Jamaica has brought some to say that finding oil would actually be harmful to the nation’s economy and social fabric. Jamaican Lipton Matthews takes issue with that claim.

Buc-ee’s—the roadside travel phenomenon—seems to cater to the extremes in our society. Either customers love shopping at the place or it is yet another symbol of capitalist oppression.

Buc-ee’s—the roadside travel phenomenon—seems to cater to the extremes in our society. Either customers love shopping at the place or it is yet another symbol of capitalist oppression.

The UK does not have an energy problem, it has a freedom problem.

The UK does not have an energy problem, it has a freedom problem.

People claim to support economic intervention because the market cannot be trusted to be “stable” enough to keep the economy out of recessions. However, it is government itself, not the free market, which creates the instability in the first place.

The TSA stories, especially at Atlanta, are illustrations of interventionist non-intervention: non-delivery of promised, paid-for, and monopolized service.

The TSA stories, especially at Atlanta, are illustrations of interventionist non-intervention: non-delivery of promised, paid-for, and monopolized service.