Aristotle on Private Property and Money
Although Aristotle scorned moneymaking and was scarcely a partisan of laissez-faire, he set forth a trenchant argument in favor of private property.
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Louis XIV
Colbert: "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing."
The Bolshevik Great Experiment: 100 Years Later
So as we come to this particular grim centennial, we do well to examine the causes and repercussions of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Mexico’s Disastrous War on Drugs
Ordinary street gangs could never ascend to the levels of criminality made possible by the US-sponsored drug war in Mexico.
If American Federalism Were like Swiss Federalism, There Would be 1,300 States
Swiss political decentralization is far more small and localized than is the case in the United States.
Capitalism and the Free Society, Part 1
Capitalism is not a force that imposes anything on society. It is only the natural product of individuals working freely with each other.
Messianic Communism in the Protestant Reformation
Some Reformers devoted themselves to the cause of communism as it had supposedly existed in the primitive Christian Church.
The Swiss Way of Health
Switzerland employs an insurance and voucher based healthcare system that is primarily private, and highly effective.
The Eternal Struggle Between the Merchant and the Bureaucrat
Civilization, it ought to be remembered, has been created by those men who have resisted power, not by those who have exercised it.
Inflation and the Fall of the Roman Empire
At the end, the Romans welcomed the barbarians as liberators from the kleptocratic Roman state.
