Elizabeth Warren’s Antitrust Crusade is an Economic and Civil Liberties Nightmare
There is almost no economic problem, real or imagined, that cannot be made worse by inappropriate government regulation. Antitrust is no exception.
U.S. History
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The Supreme Court’s Dubious “Wall of Separation” between Church and State
How old should a monument be to avoid Establishment Clause challenges? Not that old, given the Supreme Court invented the "wall of separation" argument in only 1947.
Beginning the Welfare State: Civil War Veterans’ Pensions
What would Murray Rothbard have said in the planned chapter 10 of his nine-chapter manuscript on the Progressive Era? Patrick Newman reveals Rothbard's target: the fourth party system (1896–1932).
Why Are Progressives so Bad at Governing?
From crumbling public transport to rampant homelessness, progressive politicians are terrible at running the government once they are in power.
Taking Government Out of Politics: Murray Rothbard on Political and Local Reform during the Progressive Era
What would Murray Rothbard have said in the planned chapter 10 of his nine-chapter manuscript on the Progressive Era? Patrick Newman reveals Rothbard's target: the fourth party system (1896–1932).
Money and Gold in the 1920s and 1930s: An Austrian View
The Fed’s monetary policy, except for very brief periods in 1929 and 1936–1937, was consistently and unremittingly inflationist in the 1920s and 1930s.
The Righteous Bosses of the New Deal
In much of America, the New Deal was run by a small number of very powerful political bosses.
Decentralize the Drug War — On the Way to Abolishing It
Victories against the drug war have all come first at the local level, and only then does the national government slowly back off its drive to dictate to Americans what they can eat or smoke.
Fewer than Half of Violent Crimes Are Solved in America
Fewer than half the homicides in the US end with a conviction in court. The rate for other violent crimes is even worse. Meanwhile, 80 percent of arrests are for petty offenses.
What Social Contract? Parents of Parkland School Victims Suing Do-Nothing Sheriff’s Department
In addition to having no obligation to intervene to protect the public, government law-enforcement agencies are protected by many layers of formal immunity which allow them to both abuse their power and neglect their duties without any significant repercussions to themselves or to budgets.
