Politics

We are told that Americans live under a state that claims “consent of the governed,” but when does the government seek our consent for anything?

We are told that Americans live under a state that claims “consent of the governed,” but when does the government seek our consent for anything?

After many years of ruinous socialist rule, Zimbabwe desperately needs to rediscover private property rights in order to become prosperous.

While Americans are tempted to see the Chinese economy as something akin to China, Inc., the reality is different. The Chinese government has not found a way to make socialism and interventionism work, no matter what myths might prevail.

Economist Jeffery Degner joins Ryan McMaken to discuss why government plans to increase the birth rate have never actually worked. But offering to give voters free money for having children is often good politics.

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss what appears to be a coordinated call to regulate AI. Is this a benevolent plea to save humanity, or a thinly veiled attempt to establish a cartel?

The top AI CEOs aren't acting like they genuinely believe their technology will soon cause human extinction. But they are acting like the successful cartelizers of history, who recognized that state power is the best way to protect market dominance.

How do we confront the problem of power? Murray Rothbard struggled with that question and never could find the perfect solution, but realized that a libertarian society must be able to deal with that issue in a way that does not empower the wrong people

In the name of “saving” college sports, Congress steps well past its bounds to micromanage the NCAA.

In the name of “saving” college sports, Congress steps well past its bounds to micromanage the NCAA.