Global Economy

Private providers of orphan transfer can be expected to treat orphans with deeper respect than governments can be expected to; in a free market, in fact, they will have no other option.

The governments of almost all countries are engaged in a campaign against the capitalists.

A libertarian approach to adoption, as Murray Rothbard laid out in his Ethics of Liberty, would solve the Haitian crisis in a swift and orderly manner.

In areas of normative economics, this event [Becker receiving Prize]will give a sharp boost to many of the free-market views held by Austrians. But, as far as positive economic analysis is concerned, there is no help here for the praxeological school.

"The future of the euro is dark because there are such strong incentives for reckless fiscal behavior, not only for Greece but also for other countries."

The science of human action is mental and aprioristic, it is the product of a logical analysis of the categories implied in different modes of action.

Alexander Gray (1882–1968) is my favorite historian of economic thought.

The way to bring the blessings of laissez-faire to the Polish people is first to secure it for ourselves. The enemies of free enterprise and private-property rights here in America are immeasurably benefitted when those who favor the free market are too busy worrying about the "tiger at the gate" to wonder at the absence of freedom right here.

Economics is a constant fight between the market and the government. The railroad cartel did not work against the free market even with ideal conditions. Airlines were tightly regulated until the small airlines began to compete in quality. Deregulation followed.

International trade routes revealed comparative advantages of the different shippers, whether New England or British. Merchants dealt with shippers with whom they had a history. Knowing market conditions was easier for local merchants. Crews were paid less in their home ports.