Free Markets

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Hans-Hermann Hoppe

In the history of social and political thought, myriad proposals have been offered as solutions to the problem of social order. Many believe that the search for a single "correct" solution is futile and illusory. Yet a correct solution does exist. The solution is the idea of private property.

Robert Higgs

For the most part, the Great Society represented the culmination of economic, political, and intellectual developments dating back  a century.

Jeffrey A. Tucker

The goal of those who regulate the laundry is not to improve your life. It is to wreck your life a bit at a time by pressing increasing numbers of restrictions and mandates upon private producers. Time to end the conspiracy of silence.

Robert P. Murphy

The government has a huge collection of assets that could be sold to the private sector. Going, going, gone!

Stefano R. Mugnaini
Support is bought and sold. Assistants change sides. There are lies, betrayal, and bribery.
Mark Thornton

You can chart the course of human progress in terms of how clean our clothing is. In early times people used animal skins, had no change of clothing, and had no soap. Then history turned on a dime toward progress — until recent regulations.

Wendy McElroy
To Thoreau, the only true duty, which every man owed to himself, is living as deeply and honestly as possible. Politics is not part of that.
Mark A. DeWeaver
Many people imagine that authoritarian regimes have an advantage over free societies because they can force people to conform to a rational plan.
Robert P. Murphy

At $3 a pop, these little things seem like a rip-off. Yet consumers keep buying under the right conditions: mostly sports events for kids. What's more, competition isn't pushing the price down. Let us see how this all makes sense from an economic point of view.