The Social Function of Insurance
With insurance the client pays a small amount of money (the premium) in exchange for a more certain future, in which his wealth will not fluctuate as wildly in different possible scenarios.
Free Markets
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How to Eliminate Social Security and Medicare
These programs have caused a massive diversion of savings into government consumption, not only by diverting taxes into current government spending, but also by undermining one of the most important motivations for private saving and investment.
The Case for Frugality
It is a natural and healthy reaction to a politically created economic downturn that has devastated the stability of so many families.
The Anticapitalistic Bias of American Intellectuals
In the U.S., an almost unsurmountable gulf separates "society" from the intellectuals.
Capitalism at the Farm Stand
They think they are doing battle with capitalism and corporate greed; I say it is a pure and beautiful example of a market exchange, writes Stefano
The “Crime” of Private Money
NotHaus made it easy for the government to prosecute him, but the message is still clear: no competition with the dollar.
Murray, My Intellectual Mentor
It was nearly 40 years ago that Murray Rothbard changed my life. I was then a PhD candidate in economics at the New School for Social Research in downtown Manhattan, while also teaching principles courses at a local university. And I was rapidly losing interest in the whole subject.
Capitalism at the Farm Stand
They think they are doing battle with capitalism and corporate greed; I say it is a pure and beautiful example of a market exchange.
Rebecca Black’s “Friday”: A Libertarian Allegory
The astonishing popularity of Rebecca Black's "Friday" video — which became the YouTube meme of all memes in the course of a wild six weeks — has mystified many critics.
It’s Time to Rethink Everything
What's especially brilliant about Ron's new book is that he doesn't just deal in abstractions. He takes on 50 difficult areas of politics today and shines a new light of liberty on each of them. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth, and then enlightenment.
