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Privatize the New York City Subway System

Taxes and SpendingU.S. HistoryMonopoly and Competition

Blog06/19/2017Robert Fellner

“Evidence of government failure” calls for a return to privatization to “reduce costs, improve service quality, and accelerate technological change.”

Public-Sector Unions Keep the Gravy Train Flowing to Fire Departments

Taxes and SpendingPolitical Theory

Blog05/15/2017Ryan McMaken

Fire departments rarely fight fires anymore, but you wouldn't know it the way department salaries are soaring.

President Trump: Cancel Your Saudi Trip, Play More Golf

War and Foreign PolicyPolitical Theory

Blog05/08/2017Ron Paul

Many pundits complain that Trump spends too much time golfing. I'd rather he spend more time golfing and less time making deals with dictators.

Price Controls and Propaganda

The FedMoney and BanksMoney and Banking

Blog02/09/2017Alasdair Macleod

For central banks, manipulating public perceptions of the economy is just as critical an issue as manipulating interest rates and the money supply.

Put Your Hope In Radical Decentralization

Big GovernmentDecentralization and SecessionStrategyWorld HistoryPolitical Theory

Blog07/17/2016Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Do not put your trust in democracy, but neither should you trust in a dictatorship. Rather, put your hope into radical political decentralization.

Poverty Does Not Cause Obesity

Blog11/03/2015Ryan McMaken

In a global perspective, there is no clear relationship between obesity and wealth. At middle- and high-income levels, diverse countries often display varying levels of obesity. At the very lowest levels of wealth, of course, there is a clear ...

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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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David Howden

David Howden is Chair of the Department of Business and Economics and professor of economics at St. Louis University...