Clamping Down on the Joneses
Economist Robert Frank thinks "keeping up with the Joneses" is socially harmful. He wants to rein in and clamp down on all the "Joneses" in the world.
Free Markets
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The Rise of the Fisheries and the Merchants
Attempts of the government to subsidize the beginning of fisheries also proved fruitless.
Hyperinflation Is Not Inevitable (Default Is)
The US government cannot use hyperinflation to escape the the promises it made to retirees.
Industry Is an Effort Followed by a Result
Perfectibility is the progressive diminution of effort compared with the result.
Respect Indigenous Property Rights
Property means autonomy. Authentic owners of private property are in it for the long run.
Buy Team America?
"Buy American" is invoked to justify one group of citizens beggaring another.
Drugstore Education
One cannot help remarking points of resemblance here between the newest type of educational organization and the newest type of drugstore.
The Last American Martyr
And still the indomitable Quakers kept coming. Among the most determined to bear witness was William Leddra, destined to be the last American martyr.
The Obstacle Mistaken for the Cause
It is of interest to inquire how and why the very obstacles to his material prosperity have come to be mistaken for the cause of man's prosperity.
The Tyranny of the Cultural Curators
No group of people has been subjected to more absurd state "protection" than India's Jarawa tribe.
