Legal System
12. The Ticket Scalper
From Part IV of Defending the Undefendable, “Outlaw.” Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
20. The Slumlord
From Part VI of Defending the Undefendable, “Business and Trade.” Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
The Case Against the Fed
But what happens when government sanctions, and in effect legalizes, counterfeiting, either by itself or by other institutions? Counterfeiting then becomes a grave economic and social problem indeed. For then there is no one to guard our guardians against their depredations of private property.
Only Criminals Use Honest Money
Austrian economists are not fooled, because they reject the idea of empirical data in the validation of theory in the social sciences.
Defining the Extent of the Market: the Whole Foods Case
"The division of labour is limited by the extent of the market." The extent of the market, however, is best defined by entrepreneurs and consumers, not regulators.
The Social Security Scam
The Social Security system has run its course. It's unfair and it's economically destructive. It's time for the program to be abolished.
Conscription of Men, Women, and Resources
Conscription was an unjust, capricious, and immoral disaster then. We don't have any reason to think things will be different now.