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Lesson from the Election: People Want Less Government
The lesson I draw from the Republican victories in the 2014 election is that people want less government.
Military Socialism
There’s a long history of comparing market competition to warfare.
Secession Update: Catalonia and Veneto
On Sunday, the Catalonia region of Spain held an “informal” or “symbolic” referendum on Catalonian independence.
Solution to Unemployment Found: Kill the Unemployed
That was the solution proffered by eugenicist progressives during the 1920s and 1930s. At least, that was their preferred option.
Majorities in Several States Vote To Punish Low-Skill Workers
My anti-democracy critics will shake their heads in dismay at me, but I’ve been forced to come to the conclusion that there’s no reason to believe
‘History has been rather kind to the American voter’
“History has been rather kind to the American voter.”
Böhm-Bawerk and Entrepreneurship
Murray Rothbard always maintained that Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, the teacher of Ludwig von Mises, was one of the g