Politics

While people might speak of the “business of government,” there really is no way to compare the two. Business is voluntary; government is coercive.

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews The Woke Revolution: Up From Slavery and Back Again by H.V. Traywick, Jr., and finds Traywick’s observations have much credibility.

Trump’s recent actions recall earlier episodes of US industrial policy, such as wartime production controls and financial crisis interventions, when governments assumed temporary stakes or direct control over private enterprise.

The federal government taking an ownership stake in Intel is neither a promising new approach to governance nor an unprecedented leap into economic fascism.

Gerrymandering is a symptom of the failure of representative democracy. Political minorities are surrounded by others who overwhelm their votes and elect politicians who do not represent anyone but themselves.

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We owe a great debt to Gary Galles for collecting no less than 97 of Leonard Read’s articles, accompanied by a commentary of his own in which he shows their relevance to contemporary issues.

Socialism may have failed, as it always does, in Bolivia, but that unfortunately does not mean that it is turning toward the free market.

As we look at the current sad state of affairs of American governance, we ask how we got to this point in the first place. The presidency of George H.W. Bush is a good place to start.

Few really understand why these blue cities are crime-ridden.