Free Markets
Smashing Protectionist “Theory” (Again)
The sheaf of protectionist arguments, many plausible at first glance, are really a tissue of egregious fallacies.
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.
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.
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.
What Gives Rise to Society?
The Rap against Unearned Riches
Bootlegging Built Jazz
While pop and rock hits were attracting pirates, the same methods were available to aficionados of opera, classical, jazz, and show music.
The New Confusion about Taxes
The imposition of new taxes shifts wages and prices in ways that are impossible to predict beforehand and difficult to measure even after the fact.
How I Learned to Love the State
While we were students of the state education apparatus, how many of us had to write research papers where we were asked to "change the world"?