Media and Culture

Ludwig von Mises wrote that the primary moral and professional obligation of an economist is to tell the truth. 

Walter Block decries the replacement of these good-old terms with "Wetlands" and "Rainforests"

A kids' movie with great animation turns out to be a sneaky political parable in defense of social democracy.

The technology is Now Available that would allow your grocery store to track the movements of customers across the store using the distinct infrared signature of each individual. By linking the data with information at the checkout counter, the purchasing habits and meanderings of each person could be analyzed.

Walter Block decries the use and misuse of these terms in modern political vocabularly. 

What are the economic effects of market dominance by one firm? To hear the Justice Department tell it, market dominance spells disaster

The "I Love You" bug caused an outburst of attacks on technology. We were warned that email is not safe and can even be treacherous. 

Hate crimes on campus that turn out to be trumped up excuses for political crackdowns. 

Those protesting he IMF and World Bank think they are attacking free markets. Yet these bureaucracies were hatched by Keynesian central planners, and should be opposed on free-market grounds. 

How statism pollutes our language in ways we don't always recognize. This is Walter Block's third essay in a great series on this topic.