The King Hath a Heavy Reckoning to Make
The Bard had a deep appreciation of political theatre, and even when his works seem to praise kings and wars, they’re often subtly condemning them.
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The Milk of the Poppy
In the third episode of the Historical Controversies podcast, Chris Calton looks at the history of opium use around the world.
Why Was Ancient China so Good at War, and so Bad at Commerce?
By providing rewards for bureaucrats and punishments for merchants, many rulers destroyed interest in entrepreneurship and innovation outside the state.
World War I and the Triumph of Illiberal Ideology
Mises warned that war is the outcome of abandoning economic freedom, which is inextricably tied to the spirit of liberalism and its philosophy of peace.
Week in Review: August 12, 2017
As the war drums with North Korea get ever louder, it’s appropriate that this week was the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan.
The End of the Nation-State
The problem is that government is based on coercion, and it is, at a minimum, suboptimal to base a social structure on institutionalized coercion.
Harry Truman and the Atomic Bomb
The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime worse than any that Japanese generals were executed for in Tokyo and Manila.
Tyrants of the Mind and the New Collectivism
The ideology of “political correctness” is strangling the principle and practice of freedom of speech.
How Government Invented Our Modern, Inefficient Prison System
An efficient criminal justice system is based on the idea of restitution. The modern system of using prisons as punishment turns this idea on its head.
Can Switzerland Survive Today’s Assault on Cash and Sound Money?
The Swiss love of privacy and sound economics has endured for centuries. But global trends continue to chip away at these venerable traditions.
