Sachs Education in Africa
Columbia’s Jeffrey Sachs knows that Africa’s economic woes have nothing to do with poorly defined property rights institutions.
Mises Wire
So Much for Monopoly Power
Carl Menger pointed out that producers of unique goods and services do not have arbitrary and un
Oops! Reagan Record Not So Bad?
After reading my recent piece on Republican fiscal policies, former Hillsdale College colleague Kirby Cu
First Rule: don’t make the system worse off
In the “policy world”--the sector of society where most ideas are bad, dated, or both--the discussion centers on ways to go about ̵
Mises, The Band
After an enlightening experience at the Mises University this summer, front man Nick Snow of rock trio “The Three Minute Sensations”
The Free Market Reader
Enrico Peppe has kind words for the Mises Institute book The Free Market Re
Copyright and Freedom of Speech
As I pointed out recently, IP rights such as copyright and patent in effect grant
Vote Price Inflation
According to the indispensable (if oxymoronic) Center for Responsive Politics, Geor
Amazon and Poetic Justice
Amazon has been sued by Cendant for violation of its patent for “System and Metho
Secession Blues
In the wake of last Tuesday’s election results, there’s been some talk on the left about the possibility of the blue states seceding from the red s
