What Caused the Irish Potato Famine?
As with most famines, it was government meddling that converted the Irish potato famine from a food-production problem into a deadly catastrophe.
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Brexit Might Pave the Way for an Independent Scotland
As with the UK and the EU, predictions of post-secession economic doom should be ignored.
7 Steps Toward a More Sensible Foreign Policy
A policy of non-intervention and free trade can move us a long way toward a more peaceful international order.
NFL Free Agency and the Market Process
Any serious analysis of the NFL is incomplete without a sound understanding of basic economics.
Higher Costs Don’t Mean Higher Prices
Driving up costs for cocaine dealers has not led to a similar rise in street price. This is because prices are not based on the cost of production.
How the Market Creates Jobs and How the Government Destroys Them
Instead of praising jobs for their own sake, we should ask why employment is so important.
Week in Review: February 18, 2017
The Fed has elected to keep kicking the can down the road.
Patrick Byrne: How Tech Can Thwart the State
Patrick Byrne discusses Austrian theory and the blockchain, and what it means for the eventual demise of government gatekeepers and middlemen.
A New Front in the War on Payday Lenders
Google joins forces with government regulators to rob low-income people of one of their few choices for quick and easy loans.
Week in Review: January 28 2017
As expected, the first week of the Trump administration has brought a mix of good and bad.
