Taxes and Spending

There are those to whom the question of whether to privatize the nation’s police forces is mere academic whimsy—a question of consequence only to t

Many economists consider public goods to be a case of market “failure.” They argue that the free market cannot finance the optimal amou

In recent years, as libertarian policy analysts have put their minds to the question of tax reform, some have succumbed to the lure of a broad-base

When government monopolization of the roadways is discussed by economists, the “externalities” argument is usually raised.

The American Revolution restored private and local control over goods such as alcohol and tobacco, but since the period of the Early Republic, the prohibitionist agenda has, with few deviations, continued on this trend of increasing central control.

In this article, Laurence M. Vance offers a review of John Merrifield’s School Choices: True and False.

According to many economists we need the state to provide public goods.

David Beito did a great service for the scholarship of liberty and American history with his rediscovery of the Great Depression-era tax resistance

In this article, Walter Block reviews Bryan Caplan’s The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies.

In this article, Laurence M. Vance reviews Clint Bolick’s Voucher Wars: Waging The Legal Battle Over School Choice.