Jeff Sessions Endorses Theft
Anyone traveling with "too much" cash runs the risk of having it stolen by a police officer.
Mises Wire
The Anti-Federalists Were Right
Anti-Federalist philosophical fathers fought to forestall the inevitable. For that we must salute them.
How Government Invented Our Modern, Inefficient Prison System
An efficient criminal justice system is based on the idea of restitution. The modern system of using prisons as punishment turns this idea on its head.
Can Switzerland Survive Today’s Assault on Cash and Sound Money?
The Swiss love of privacy and sound economics has endured for centuries. But global trends continue to chip away at these venerable traditions.
MacLean’s Book Takes Progressive Conspiracy Theories to a New Level
MacLean's hit piece on "radical" libertarians uses the usual tactics: spinning complex conspiracy theories to "prove" the racism of political enemies.
This Time, It’s a Bubble in Rentals
Fannie and Freddie are rushing to finance the current rental boom, and package them as mortgage-backed securities. What could go wrong?
Why Kansas’s Tax-Cut “Failure” Is Really a Success
When tax cuts lay the ground work for a better economy, government statistics often fail to measure the benefits.
Violence: How It’s Different From Market Exchange
Not all human action is truly voluntary in the marketplace. Violence can be used to distort and force a wide variety of relationship among human beings.
Why Police Prefer Drug Raids Over Investigating Violent Crimes
Governments and police departments often benefit more from arresting small-time non-violent offenders than by prosecuting truly violent ones.
Mike Huckabee on the 17th Amendment: Evil Plot or Great Idea?
Repealing the 17th Amendment has its upside, but a simple repeal doesn't go nearly far enough.
