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How Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Are Channeling Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez
That so many voters, pundits, academics, and media figures are taken in by the Warren-Sanders wealth confiscation and redistribution schemes does not bode well for our economic and political future.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace: 100 Years Later
John Maynard Keynes's stance on German reparations in the wake of the First World War may have precipitated the rise of Hitler.
The Disaster of Zimbabwe’s Price Controls
Zimbabwe's government has embraced a potent mixture of monetary inflation and price controls. The result has been economic disaster.
Why the Courts Aren’t All They’re Supposed to Be
The government accepts no legal obligation to provide specified law enforcement services in exchange for the taxes it forcibly extracts from the citizenry. A clearly defined and voluntarily accepted reciprocal agreement between the government and the citizens has never existed.
Chilean Protesters Could End Chile’s Decades of Progress
The history of Latin America is filled with tragic stories of countries reaching great heights — Argentina and Venezuela come to mind — and then falling back to mediocrity. Chile could be next if the protesters get their way.
When the Communists Abolished the Weekend
By abolishing the weekend, the Soviets were in one move able to strike a blow against both families and religious institutions. All that was left was the state — and state-mandated labor.
Don’t Thank Government Officials for Progress in Sanitation and Life Expectancy
Government officials have often stood in the way of scientific progress.
Anti-Market Conservatives Want to Fix Social Ills, But Their Cure Will Only Make Things Worse
Far from being the saviors of society, the new breed of anti-market conservatives are merely the newest iteration of the long line of anti-social apologists for state domination.
The Berlin Wall: Doomed by Economics
The Soviets, the Nazis, the Khmer Rouge — these totalitarian regimes would have failed even without any intervention from geopolitical rivals. The socialist systems would have been conquered not by standing armies, but by economics.
