Why Businessmen Don’t Make Good Politicians
It is a common fallacy that if a person is successful in business, they will be a good politician. This is dangerously naive.
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Forget Electoral Democracy — Give “Demarchy” a Chance
There's no reason to believe choosing representatives through a lottery system or "by chance" is worse than what we have now.
Mencken: A Retrospect
I hope to correct a persistent misunderstanding about Mencken's economic and political ideas.
The Myth They Used to Pass Canada’s Universal Healthcare
The medical establishment has done its best to crush market-oriented strategies to make healthcare more affordable.
Improving Expectations Won’t Improve the Reality of Economic Conditions
Central banks can put in motion a prolonged deviation of expectations from the facts of reality. But they can't keep it up forever.
How to Use Methodological Individualism
Methodological individualism is a precious tool for historical analysis. But it is not a foundation of economic theory.
Starbucks and Dick’s Can be Anti-Gun If Customers Let Them
With a real free market, how a business conducts itself is not the concern of government, but the concern of consumers.
4 Ways to Improve Immigration Policy — Without Growing Government
From free trade to cutting welfare, here are four ways to improve immigration policy that don't make government more intrusive in our lives.
How Communism Survived Thanks to Capitalist Technology
The Soviet economy was such a mess that regular infusions of new technology and capital from the West were necessary to avoid total economic meltdown.
The Problem of FOSTA
The Feds are considering an enormous expansion of their powers to regulate the internet.
