The Mirage of “Equal Pay” in Sports
Ryan McMaken joins Bob to discuss the recent US Women's World Cup elimination, and to dispel the myth that markets are discriminatory.
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The Problem with Public Transit
Much of government-owned transportation destroys rather than adds to wealth. The lack of a sound system of economic calculation is to blame.
Voting with Their Feet: The Lure of Migration
People migrate for many reasons, including moving to a better economy and escaping political persecution. But one thing is certain: people are going to vote with their feet.
The Simplicity and Significance of Mutual Economic Exchange
The simplest action of economics—beneficially mutual voluntary exchange—is also its most profound. People serve each other while improving their own lot in life.
Socialism Cannot Work, Not Even in an AI-Driven Economy
Some are claiming that AI can make socialism workable, but even AI cannot take the place of entrepreneurial economic calculation.
The Marxian Doctrine of “Ideology”
To Marx, each individual's thinking is all determined not by his personal self-interest but by the interest of the class to which he supposedly belongs.
To Smoke or Not to Smoke: The Cigarette Economy in Postwar Germany, 1945–48
Postwar Germany was occupied, in ruins, with an economy in chaos. Germans were reduced to using cigarettes supplied by American GIs as money.
Mercantilism: A Lesson for Our Times?
Inflation did not benefit the poor; wages lagged behind the rise in prices during inflations, especially behind agricultural prices.
To Smoke or Not to Smoke: The Cigarette Economy in Postwar Germany, 1945–48
Postwar Germany was occupied, in ruins, with an economy in chaos. Germans were reduced to using cigarettes supplied by American GIs as money.
Demonizing Men with False Data on Sexual Abuse
In today's progressive climate, sexual assault charges are easy to make and hard to refute, even when they are demonstrably false.
