Economic Freedom

Was covid merely the excuse to justify new police powers under the guise of public health—powers politicians will use to impose draconian controls in the future?

After more than a year of unprecedented state intervention in our private lives, have Americans accepted a grim "new normal"?

The behavioral economics-based "new development economics" is just like the old development economics, say Espinosa and Carreiro. The Austrian theory of dynamic efficiency offers a useful path forward.

Using an unbiased rubric to evaluate political doctrines reveals that spectrum polarization depends on three conditions: attitudes toward private property, individual freedom, and wealth redistribution.

In some cultures, entrepreneurial achievement and capital accumulations are viewed with high levels of suspicion and envy. This can be disastrous for economic progress. 

The Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture.

Today would have been Burt Blumert's ninety-second birthday

In recent decades, Chile set itself apart from the rest of Latin America with successful market reforms and a stable political system. Average Chileans prospered. But now that's all at risk. 

As we face a second wave of coronavirus outbreak in Europe, we know that the March measures and aggressive lockdowns were a grave mistake.