Legal System
Feds Seize Widow’s Legally-Obtained Money — Because Terrorism
The banking system in the United States today functions largely as a spy agency for the federal government.
Mises Daily Tuesday: Is The Fourteenth Amendment Good?
Mises Daily Tuesday by Allen Mendenhall.
Is The Fourteenth Amendment Good?
Designed to redress the wrongs of the major injustice of slavery, the Fourteenth Amendment is now used by the federal courts to micromanage nearly every aspect of modern life. Strangely, many libertarians continue to support the amendment in spite of this.
The “Dog-Eat-Dog” Delusion
Opponents of free markets sometimes describe market competition of dog-eat-dog, but that metaphor has nothing to do with markets and everything to
The “Dog-Eat-Dog” Delusion
Opponents of free markets sometimes describe market competition of dog-eat-dog, but that metaphor has nothing to do with markets and everything to do with politics and war.
Marijuana Legalization: Good or Bad?
Interviewed by host Scott Horton, Mark Thornton discusses the relation between oil prices and the world economy, and how Colorado’s first year of m
The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
Interviewed by host Paul Molloy on the Freedom Works radio program, Mark Thornton discusses how the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act impacted the America
Bob Murphy: The Case for Private Defense
Recent events surrounding Ferguson, Missouri and the choking death of Eric Garner have brought police misconduct to the forefront. Liber
Posner on Privacy
At a recent conference on cybercrime, Judge Richard Posner, a well-known federal appeals court judge and one of the founders of the “law and economics” movement, said that the needs of national security trump a supposed right to privacy.