Free Markets
Knickers in a Bind
The EU has taken aim at China's textile industry, writes Grant Nulle. This is harmful to all parties.
My Speech at the Antiwar Rally
Lew Rockwell writes: "I was invited to speak at a peace march and rally in Birmingham, Alabama, sponsored by the Alabama Peace and Justice Coalition, and gladly accepted the offer to speak against the war in Iraq."
Freedom and Sound Money
How urgent is the cause of sound money? Our freedoms depend on it, writes Thorsten Polleit.
Katrina and the Never-Ending Scandal of State Management
The Gulf Coast was hit with two disasters: Katrina and government. At every level and in every way, writes William Anderson, it made everything worse.
FEMA Should Be Shut Down
Far from having assisted in the crisis, writes Christopher Westley, FEMA actively made it worse by urging rescue departments not to assist. How much better off would the Gulf Coast be if FEMA had never existed? Much!
The Definition and Defense of Freedom
The definition of freedom is not complicated, writes Lew Rockwell. Freedom means that which the government does not control.
The Possibility of Private Law
Can free enterprise be the sole provider of law and justice? Robert Murphy, author of Chaos Theory, writes that the idea is often dismissed out of hand.
7. A Statistical Calculation of Economic Freedom
Block, Gwartney and Lawson at Frazier Institute of Canada created an annual index of Economic Freedom of the World. It has been more widely used than any other reports. 102 countries were ranked according to factors like life expectancies or income equality.