Francis Wayland: Preacher-Economist
His emphasis on property, capital, entrepreneurship, and above all, his commitment to human action and not government action, makes his long-forgotten work on economics worthy of a revival.
His emphasis on property, capital, entrepreneurship, and above all, his commitment to human action and not government action, makes his long-forgotten work on economics worthy of a revival.
Among the states that performed the best during the pandemic were lockdown-light states like Utah and Florida. Among the states with the worst outcomes were lockdown-heavy California, New Mexico, New Jersey, and New York.
It is most helpful to think of the Fed and the Treasury as one thing—one combined government-financing operation whose financial statements should be consolidated.
The F.A. Hayek Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Greg and Joy Morin.
The early American individualists of the nineteenth century were a diverse lot with fixed and unwavering love of true liberty.
It is one thing to follow the law for prudential reasons and another thing entirely to assume the law brings with it some sort of moral imperative. Laws rarely do.
The Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Yousif Almoayyed.
Murray Rothbard, writing in 1971, blasted both the Nixon administration and the erstwhile "free-market" conservatives, basking in the seats of power, who betrayed whatever principles they may have had for the service of the state.
Murray Rothbard recounts how during the French and Indian War (1754–63), Americans continued the great tradition of trading with the enemy, and even more readily than before.
More than critiquing vaccines, this book exposes Anthony Fauci’s career as a case study in crony capitalism. The key players are the government regulatory agencies headed by Fauci.