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Every Law "Legislates Morality" — From Abortion to Minimum Wage

Blog05/30/2019Ryan McMaken

Virtually all laws involve "legislating morality." When people use this phrase they often really just mean "I want laws to back my version of morality, not yours."

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Even An-Caps Sometimes Give the State Too Much Credit

Political Theory

05/30/2019Audio/VideoRobert P. Murphy

Bob Murphy points out a common fallacy among even self-described anarcho-capitalists, when they blame a social problem on "too little government."

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End Federal Control of Tribal Lands

Politics

Granting greater sovereignty to Indian reservations could have benefits for Americans both inside and outside the reservation borders.

05/22/2019Power & MarketGor Mkrtchian

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ECB Inflationists are Crippling Europe

Financial MarketsGlobal EconomyMoney and Banking

Blog04/01/2019Alasdair Macleod

Pumping yet more credit into the Eurozone is as effective as giving adrenalin to a dead horse.

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Electoral College: Why We Must Decentralize Democracy

World History

Blog03/29/2019Ryan McMaken

Democracy works best at a small scale. The electoral college's nod to this reality is much too weak. But it's better than nothing.

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Ebenezer Scrooge's Tiresome Crusade Against "Consumerism"

Media and CultureSubjectivismValue and Exchange

Blog12/25/2018Ryan McMaken

Scrooge was wrong, and his Nephew Fred was right. While it's true the benefits of feasting with friends and family can't be calculated in a ledger, that doesn't mean those things have no value.

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European Central Bank In Panic Mode as Economy Stalls

Global Economy

Blog11/09/2018Andrew Moran

The euro zone is not prepared to contain a new financial crisis

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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.

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?

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.