Free Markets

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Per Bylund

Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, but the free city of Próspera, located just of the Honduras coast, is anything but poor. Here, private property and free markets are the norm and Bitcoin is legal tender. Of course, the socialists want it shut down.

Mark Thornton

Mark Thornton explores the continuing negative impacts of the ongoing US embargo against Cuba and how getting rid of this Cold War policy could benefit the peoples of Cuba, the US, and others. Viva Cuba Libre!

Connor O'Keeffe

Insurance companies canceled coverage on houses in neighborhoods that later burned. Government officials blame climate change, but the real problem lies with state and local governments.

David Gordon

Auron MacIntyre has amassed a following in conservative circles, and David Gordon notes that while MacIntyre makes some good points on governance, he has much to learn about how free markets work.

Frank Shostak

The Federal Reserve and so-called government stabilizers exist ostensibly to balance a market economy that supposedly is fundamentally unstable. But what if government intervention itself causes the instability?

Wanjiru Njoya

Libertarians generally agree that slavery violates libertarian principles, but how does one deal with the aftermath of abolition? How best to justly compensate former slaves for what was taken from them by slaveowners? Wanjiru Njoya examines some libertarian alternatives.

William L. Anderson

A common refrain among college fans is, "The Transfer Portal and NIL are ruining college sports." But are they? Before we can answer that question, we have to be able to explain what is happening, and Austrian economics provides the best analytical tools.