U.S. Economy

Well meaning or not, the boycott of Taco Bell by misguided activists, in the name of helping labor, is deeply ignorant and very destructive, writes Daniel D'Amico. 

In a famous essay written in 1906, Werner Sombart asked, Why Is There No Socialism in the United States? Whether one agrees with his analysis, his premise cannot be disputed: 

The government stumbles or runs into crisis after crisis, writes Gregory Bresiger.

It was capitalism that finally ended the Great Depression, writes Tom DiLorenzo, not FDR's hair-brained cartel, wage-increasing, unionizing, and welfare state expanding policies. 

A basic understanding of the elementary economics of unionism, writes Tom DiLorezno, shows why violence against competitors has always been an inherent feature of unionism.

Everything we have heard from conventional wisdom regarding the minimum wage is false, writes Shawn Ritenour.

Stefan M.I. Karlsson examines the claims of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis that neither Donald Duck nor Scrooge McDuck can earn more than the average.

The "superior bargaining power" argument has always been the most important argument on behalf of unionism and of all the legislative privileges that unions enjoy. Thomas DiLorenzo points to Mises's demolition of the idea.

The Deficit Twins, are, at best, fraternal, not identical, writes Sean Corrigan. In the last six years, US defense spending has risen 60% and four-fifths of this increase has taken place just since the present Administration took office.

The term "overworked" can be highly subjective, writes Carl Horowitz. Even a classic workaholic has a point at which he says "enough!"