Free Markets
12.12. Conclusion: The Free Market and Coercion
From Man, Economy, and State, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
Can a Jobs Campaign Create Real Jobs?
In a voluntary society, both parties benefit from any exchange, or it wouldn't have happened in the first place. We only want the most profitable businesses to be operational, because we will benefit the most from the best and cheapest goods.
Can the Underground Economy Save Europe?
As the old saying goes, the more expensive you are to fire, the more expensive you are to hire. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the European continent.
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Smashing Protectionist “Theory” (Again)
The sheaf of protectionist arguments, many plausible at first glance, are really a tissue of egregious fallacies.
The Rich Aren’t Dispossessing the Rest
If we consider individual people instead of statistical categories, we must reject the leftists' conclusion that the rich are increasingly dispossessing the rest.
State of Incarceration: Spontaneous Order behind Bars
The Mexican Mafia has become a state, with a monopoly of violence and coercion over a geographical area.
Shadow Labor
Shadow work is any work we do that we aren't directly compensated for. What its critics miss is that this shadow work is one of the effects of inflation, along with the government's ongoing effort to prop up the cost of labor with regulations and the minimum wage.