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Economic Policy Matters: The Example of Botswana vs. South Africa vs. Zimbabwe

Big GovernmentGlobal EconomyInterventionism

Blog03/30/2018Daniel J. Mitchell

There is a very stark contrast between market-friendly Botswana, South Africa, and the statist hellhole of Zimbabwe.

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Europe Is Slowing Down — And It's Already Painted Into a Corner

Blog03/22/2018Daniel Lacalle

With ultra-low interest rates already in place, Europe has nowhere to go when the slowdown intensifies.

Everything You Need to Know about Federal Spending in Five Charts

Taxes and SpendingU.S. Economy

Blog03/01/2018Daniel J. Mitchell

It’s time to address the budget in a comprehensive fashion.

Economists and the Emergence of Antitrust

Monopoly and Competition

Blog02/23/2018Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Economists who believe that there was once a "golden age of antitrust" have never produced any evidence of such an age.

End the Drug War for These Very Practical Reasons

HealthLegal System

Blog02/20/2018Mark Thornton

Drug addiction is indeed a serious problem. But the war on drugs does not lessen this problem, nor does it address the core issues leading to addiction.

E-Verify Threatens Us All

Bureaucracy and RegulationLegal System

Blog02/13/2018Ron Paul

E-Verify could be used to punish anyone who displeases the government, from immigrants to homeschoolers to gun owners.

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End Space-Station Funding Right Now

Corporate WelfareTaxes and Spending

Blog02/12/2018Laurence M. Vance

If government funding of a space program is justified because it has “benefits,” then no argument can be made against government funding of anything.

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Economics Is Like Birdwatching — You Have to Know What to Look For

Bureaucracy and RegulationCalculation and KnowledgePhilosophy and Methodology

Blog01/20/2018Gary Galles

Using economics is akin to birdwatching, except for the fact that few untrained birdwatchers presume they have enough expertise to “educate” others.

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The Problem with "Just Do What the Cops Say and You Won't Get Hurt"

Ryan McMaken

Apologists for police abuse often claim that if a citizen complies with police orders and does what he's told, then he won't get hurt. The evidence says otherwise.

The Plutocrats of Wall Street and Silicon Valley Are Scamming America

Ryan McMaken

Free market advocates long ago figured out that the monied classes of bankers and Wall Street operatives were exploiting the "little people" to prop up the fortunes of what is now the billionaire class. The scam is alive and well today.

America’s "Great Men" and the Constitutional Convention

Murray N. Rothbard

The nationalists in favor of a new constitution in 1787 sent their richest, most schooled, and most "distinguished" men. Fortunately for them, ceteris paribus, the more distinguished any given gathering, the more statist and reactionary it will likely be.

The Plan to Save the the Postal Service by Making It Even Worse

Doug French

The post office can't seem to balance its books. So like all monopolists, the postal service plans to "improve" things by increasing prices and making its service even worse.

The Interesting Case of the Zaïre—the Question MMT Cannot Answer

Eric Nies

The case of the zaïre currency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo provides strong anecdotal evidence discounting the fiat currency–obsessed modern monetary theory.

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Jörg Guido Hülsmann

Jörg Guido Hülsmann is senior fellow of the Mises Institute where he holds the 2018 Peterson-Luddy Chair and was...