Wages and Subsistence
Labor is appraised like a commodity not because the entrepreneurs are cruel but because they are subject to the supremacy of the pitiless consumers.
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The US Government Punishes People for Helping Dying Children
The US government prosecuted an American man for trying to help the children that US officials were trying to kill with their sanctions.
The Collapse of Penn Station: Another Failure of Government “Enterprise”
Without government, who would run the inefficient, crumbling, malfunctioning railroad "enterprise" that is Amtrak?
Week in Review: June 10, 2017
The economics of Ludwig von Mises really is something different and revolutionary.
Deeper Forces Emerge: The Great War from January to June, 1917
Though we tend to think of the war in terms of stalemate and attrition, the war was anything but static to most of the millions of participants.
Inflation: Is It the Disease or the Symptom?
This increase in the money supply — not changes in prices — is what sets in motion the misallocation of resources.
Behind America’s Skyrocketing Overdose Death Rates
Thanks to over-use of prescription painkillers, many patients are becoming addicts who must later turn to illegal drugs to get their next fix.
The American Architects of The South-African Catastrophe
The South Africans once flirted with a decentralized, federal structure. The United States meddled to make sure that didn't happen.
When Will the European Super-Bubble Pop?
Italy is a weak link in the eurozone economy that points toward both economic and political disintegration in the future.
The Medical Marijuana Racket
Some freedom is better than no freedom, but the lengths to which governments will go to regulate legal marijuana is amazing.
