U.S. Economy

In the real world, it is not enough to have demand for goods: one must have the means to accommodate people's desires.

Forbes magazine's Peter Brimelow and Edwin Rubenstein ask, "Does Hayek’s Law condemn the U.S. economy to a Japanese-like L-shaped recession?" John Cochran responds.

The Bush administration's new duty on Canadian softwood lumber imports could dynamite the nation's housing.

Does the Fed play politics? As Gregory Bresiger recalls, it's been a part of the game for a very long time.

Death duties loot the productive, destroy capital, and bring about a damaging social upheaval. Hans Sennholz explains.
 

A private rental-car company tries to protect its assets by enforcing speed limits. The state seriously objects. 

MetLife is under fire for doing exactly what insurance companies are supposed to do: matching risk with premiums. 

The city of Chicago has a long, notorious history of corrupt and intrusive politicians who care nothing about personal freedom. Douglas Carey did not realize how bad it truly was until he moved to there. 

Martin Mayer is one of the few financial journalists to seriously question the claims of the Federal Reserve. Sadly, he does not go far enough. 

Wal-Mart, beloved by most all regular Americans, is the latest victim of the discrimination police. Thomas Woods decries the attack.