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Government as the Source of Monopoly: US Airlines Edition

Monopoly and Competition

Blog06/16/2017Peter G. Klein

"Is Government the Source of Monopoly?" asked Chicago economist Yale Brozen. Yes, he answered.

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Government and Big Business

Big GovernmentCorporate Welfare

07/29/2016Audio/VideoPeter G. Klein

Recorded at Mises University 2016.

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Government Did Invent the Internet, But the Market Made It Glorious

The EntrepreneurGlobal EconomyLegal SystemMedia and CultureU.S. EconomyEntrepreneurshipMonopoly and CompetitionPraxeologyPrices

06/12/2006Mises Daily ArticlesPeter G. Klein

Government involvement accounts for the internet's continuing problems, while the market should get the credit for its glories.

My Path to the Austrian School of Economics

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

There is no more stopping the Mises School. And when the truth finally wins out, because only what is true can also work smoothly in the long run, then the hour of the Austrian School of Economics will have come.

How California's Government Plans to Make Wildfires Even Worse

Ryan McMaken

The State of California is now forcing insurance companies to cover homeowners who put their houses in some of the most fire-prone areas. What could go wrong?

We Don't Need Sunday "Blue Laws"

Ryan McMaken

Advocates for "blue laws" want to impose more laws on shopkeepers. These moral crusaders should instead start by setting a good example, and stop watching football games, ordering pizzas, or filling up on gas on Sunday.

The Benefits of Free Trade Are Canceled Out by Domestic Interventionism

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Trade agreements have thus become obsolete tokens of negotiation in larger geopolitical disputes, protectionist tools for managing and interfering with global trade flows.

How to Avoid Civil War: Decentralization, Nullification, Secession

Ryan McMaken

So long as we insist the federal government can force one law, one culture, and one sort of politics on all of America, the US is headed down the road of civil war. Only decentralization and separation can partly defuse the situation.