Global Economy

"The London merchants were not, however, content with free-market development, and power began to move in on the market. Specifically, the London merchants began to reach for export monopoly."

It is likely that with the bailout of Greece we have already passed this point of no return.

it is not possible to create something by printing money and redistributing real wealth. All that such policies produce is a further economic impoverishment.

Haiti will remain mired in poverty so long as the majority retains their current hostility to open competition and commerce.

When the influx of silver and gold from the Spanish colonies in the New World dried up, little or nothing remained. But that was not all.

"Make no mistake, this supposed 'containment' boondoggle was yet another bailout of the world's largest banks. A majority of the PIIGS's debt is held by large French and German banks."

There are thousands of people around the world wishing to live in the average American household, where bread is just a fraction of one’s inc

"While it would be more comfortable to get money for nothing, this would not be the wisest long-run policy solution to unemployment."

We suggest that loose fiscal and monetary policies have severely undermined the ability of the private sector to generate real wealth.

Social cooperation among men — and this means the market — is what brings about civilization and it is what has brought about all the improvements in human conditions we are enjoying today.