Legal System
Privatization: Roads, Eminent Domain
The Union Hunt for More Victims
The percentage of the labor force controlled by unions tends progressively to decline, writes George Reisman. Where the unions hold sway, companies cannot compete.
Regulation Corrupts
In the economy of India, you face a choice, writes Jayant Bhandari: obey the law and go out of business, or find ways around the law and make a profit.
Target: Private Enterprise
The Supreme Court overturned the guilty verdict against Arthur Andersen Company, writes William Anderson, but it came too late to save the firm.
Woops, They Did It Again (Bad Supreme Court! Bad! Bad!)
The Supremes rules today (Kelo v.
Ridiculous Scenarios
The other day I somehow started thinking about various quirks in a private legal framework, and (unfortunately perhaps for you, dear reader) this i
4. The Fourteenth Amendment
This is a difficult issue. Most of the controversy is from Section One. What exactly does the first sentence mean? If the Fourteenth Amendment was in fact intended to bind the states to the Bill of Rights that the federal government could enforce, then it dramatically increases the police power of the federal government.
Consumer Protection: An Interview with Robert Murphy
Interviewed by Jeffrey Tucker at the Mises Institute; June 13, 2005.