High Prices and Zombie Housing
This odd mix of rising prices and three months of vacant inventory being ransacked by squatters is not how markets work, unless government is involved.
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Government Recycling Programs Waste Valuable Resources
Market prices tell us how people want resources to be used. Government recycling programs ignore these important signals.
Sylvester Petro’s Austrian Perspective on Labor Unions
Sylvester Petro's books on labor unions are among some of the best written on labor policy.
Government “Funding” Can’t Grow the Economy
Government cannot increase its spending without hurting those who produce real wealth.
Mainstream Economists Whitewashed the Evils of Communism
There’s no excuse for any sentient being – especially an economist – to have praised the decrepit communist economic model by the 1980's.
Creating Order without the State
Leave people alone; they will figure it out. This simple thesis is the touchstone for a myriad of examples from history and the present demonstrating that individuals, and not the state, are best suited for the complicated work of enterprise and ordered liberty.
UK’s National Health Service Moves to Cut Healthcare for Smokers and the Obese
To cut government expenses, the NHS has declared that smokers and the obese will be limited in the healthcare procedures they're allowed to receive.
How Central Banks Widen Wealth and Income Gaps
Over time, central-bank policies that favor the wealthy lead to income gaps that grow even larger.
Is There Any Way Out of the ECB’s Trap?
Mario Draghi knows that maintaining "stimulus" is highly risky — he also knows the alternative could make the eurozone deck of cards collapse.
There’s No Such Thing as an “American” Homicide Rate
When we look at rates on a state-by-state basis, homicide rates vary from 1.3 per 100,000 in New Hampshire to 11.8 per 100,000 in Louisiana.
