Economic Freedom

During a debate on capitalism with James Otteson, Michael Anton opined that free markets are harmful to a nation's economy. Perhaps he needs to learn economics.

Individualism, while condemned in some cultures, has helped make this country economically successful. Will the influx of immigrants from cultures that devalue individualism reverse that success?

Shoddy service, regular breakdowns, and overbudget to boot. There is a reason why government-funded projects always waste resources.

In 1948, Ludwig Erhardt rescued a German economy that was in shambles simply by invoking free markets and currency reform. Our economy needs its Rothbard moment.

The current regime wants to use taxation not simply as a means to collect revenue for the government, but as a weapon against economic prosperity itself.

American law protects what is called the "right to strike." However, Leonard Read found no moral code that permits such action.

Manuel Tacanho presents a framework for understanding and ranking socioeconomic systems, and demonstrates that modern economies, even the "capitalistic" ones, are statist.

Noam Chomsky's latest offering—a series of interviews—presents the best (and worst) of one of America's premier public intellectuals.

More than forty years ago, Leonard Read urged graduates of Hillsdale College to find a premise, a belief in a universal idea of liberty.

Austrian economics is not dry theory. It helps us make sense of our world and shows that exchange and production have a place in our moral universe.