The Fiction of Social Security Bonds
How is Social Security different in kind from any other government program? Charles Rounds argues that it is not different at all.
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The New Deal in One Lesson
Chris Westley explains that the only thing new about New Deal policies was their name and the people administering them.
The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar
Murray Rothbard, in this classic essay originally published in 1991, offers the most "pure" proposal of all: private mintage, 100 percent reserve banking, circulating coins, full convertibility.
In Defense of Employment-at-Will
Opponents of employment-at-will speak of defending an employee's "individual freedom." Arthur Foulkes argues that this isn't freedom at all.
The Issue of Tariffs: How U.S. Revenue Collection Was Turned Inside-Out
We went from tariffs being the major source of federal government revenue to what we have today under the income tax and payroll taxes.
The Fair Tax Fraud
Although the FairTax would eliminate the filing of all individual tax returns, writes Laurence Vance, the FairTax turns every business into a tax collector.
Holding Hands
Blaming OPEC has been in political fashion for over three decades, writes Chris Westley.
Slaves to the Tax State
The rich find ways around the tax eaters, writes, Kirby Cundiff, by moving income and capital around and lobbying for loopholes.
Playing God at the FDA
What chain of events led to "free" Americans having less in the way of health choices under some circumstances than "unfree" socialist Europe? Dale Steinreich examines the FDA.
Federal Reserve: central bank policies have no effect
The Federal Reserve seems determined to deny the role they and President Bush has played in creating the hugh U.S. current account deficit.
