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Forget Guaranteed Income — Governments Should Stop Destroying Income First

Blog03/19/2019Lee Friday

Before having government "guarantee" income, we should probably stop it from destroying so many jobs through regulation, first.

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Fake Women and Phony Interest Rates

Capital and Interest TheoryMoney and Banking

Blog02/15/2018Doug French

Today's central-bank induced low, low interest rates are making massive debt look much more attractive than it should.

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From Direct Democracy to Centralization: the Swiss Health Care Experiment

Blog12/13/2017Marc Fouradoulas

The Swiss health care system is slowly becoming more centralized and state-controlled.

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Fannie and Freddie Finally Wake Up

Financial MarketsPolitical Theory

Blog04/19/2017Doug French

Because Fannie and Freddie weren’t allowed to fail, it has taken years for these wards of the state to smell the delinquent-mortgage coffee.

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Fannie and Freddie’s New Bubble

Blog04/05/2017Doug French

With blood on their hands from the 2008 crash, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now created another bubble, this time in the multifamily rental market.

Chilean Protesters Could End Chile's Decades of Progress

José Niño

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.

Socialism and the Green New Deal: Choose One

Richard M. Ebeling

Central planners cannot calculate the costs and benefits of environmental policy.

When the Communists Abolished the Weekend

Ryan McMaken

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.

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?