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Elvis's Own Personal Drug War

Legal SystemU.S. History

Blog09/22/2017Chris Calton

Elvis was a devoted fan of Nixon's Drug War — right up to the day he died from a drug overdose.

Economists Are the New Astrologers

Calculation and Knowledge

Blog08/28/2017Andrew Syrios

Modern mathematical models in economics are about as useful as star mapping for predicting the future.

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Economics and Humanity

Praxeology

Blog08/28/2017Ludwig von Mises

The subject matter of praxeology is merely the essential manifestation of human life, viz., action.

Employment Is Not the Key to Economic Growth

Labor and WagesBusiness Cycles

Blog08/11/2017Frank Shostak

Fixing unemployment without addressing the issue of real savings cannot increase the pace of economic growth.

Entrepreneurial Discovery: Who Needs It?

The EntrepreneurEntrepreneurship

Blog08/08/2017Peter G. Klein

Is Israel Kirzner’s explanation of the market process correct and, if so, is it useful?

Even Partial Drug Legalization Goes a Long Way in Protecting Property Rights

Legal SystemThe Police State

Blog07/17/2017Ryan McMaken

The partial legalization of cannabis in Colorado has made it harder for police to justify many searches and seizures that were once routine.

Europe's Unsustainable Welfare State

Taxes and SpendingInterventionism

Blog07/14/2017Daniel Lacalle

The EU average tax burden on workers is 44.9%. The average worker in the EU spends half a year working for the tax man. This is not sustainable.

ESPN and the Bursting of the Sports Bubble

Media and CultureMonopoly and Competition

Blog05/23/2017William L. Anderson

ESPN is losing 10,000 customers per day, and this means big trouble for all of the sports entities that depend upon the big payouts that ESPN provides.

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Not Even Gretchen Whitmer Wants More of the CDC's Lockdowns

Ryan McMaken

The political climate that fostered panic and lockdowns a year ago is now changing. Legislatures are turning against governors and the public is no longer hysterical with fear. Politicians aren't sure what to do.

Texas Ended Lockdowns and Mask Mandates. Now Locked-Down States Are Where Covid Is Growing Most

Ryan McMaken

Don’t expect Fauci and his supporters to give up on insisting that New York and Michigan are doing "the right thing" while Texas and Florida are embracing "human sacrifice" as a part of a "death cult."

The State-Corporate Convergence in Our State of Emergency

Michael Rectenwald

The current political trend is toward corporate-state monopolization over all aspects of life, with increasing control by approved "private" principals over information and opinion, economic production, and the political sphere.

You Won't Learn Much about Fascism in this Book on "Fascism"

David Gordon

Jason Stanley's book on fascism is a jumbled mess which seems primarily to exist for the purpose of smearing everything Stanley doesn't like with the label of "fascism."

Elections in the Bicameral Congress

Murray N. Rothbard

The fragmentation of power into many small local units is likely to make oppression of minorities more difficult. On the other hand, consolidation of power into a single popularly-elected Congress posed a grave threat to the rights of ordinary Americans.

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Per Bylund

Per Bylund is assistant professor of entrepreneurship & Records-Johnston Professor of Free Enterprise in the...