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The meltdown of faux-privatization continues

The meltdown of faux-privatization continues

Jeffrey A. Tucker

CBS Market

Rethinking Power Plugs

Rethinking Power Plugs

Tags: Entrepreneurship, Philosophy and Methodology
David Leo Veksler

Have you ever wondered why power plugs have the shape they do?

Washington Supreme Court Invalidates State’s Estate Tax

Washington Supreme Court Invalidates State’s Estate Tax

James Fogal
The Washington Supreme Court yesterday invalidated the state’s estate tax in
The Worse the Better?

The Worse the Better?

Jeffrey A. Tucker

I’ve wondered when we would start seeing arguments like the following, from Keith Halderman

On Radicalism and Calling a Spade a Spade

On Radicalism and Calling a Spade a Spade

Tags: Other Schools of Thought, Political Theory
Stephan Kinsella

From an interview with Milton Friedman (

The Joy of Labor

The Joy of Labor

Robert P. Murphy

In contrast to all the platitudes about sacrifice, this general loves his job.

Mises and Rand (and Rothbard)

Mises and Rand (and Rothbard)

Stephan Kinsella

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It’s not private; it’s a loan

It’s not private; it’s a loan

Jeffrey A. Tucker

Just as you thought the SocSec “privatization” couldn’t get any worse,

Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy

Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy

Mises.org
Murray Rothbard’s 1984 essay “Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy,” which
Bigger Government, Thy Name is Privatization

Bigger Government, Thy Name is Privatization

Jeffrey A. Tucker

From the Wall Street Journal today ($):