Without Government, Who Will Build the Roads? Domino’s Pizza, Apparently
Yesterday, Domino’s Pizza announced that rather than wait for government action, the company would take it upon itself to fix […]
Monthly Archives: June 2018
The Federal Reserve’s Shell Game: Inflation, Wealth Redistribution, and the Subtle Art of Misdirection
The Federal Reserve is a key component of the US government’s wealth redistribution apparatus. Under the guise of “macroeconomic management,” […]
How Should We Think About Public Policy Proposals? Government-By-Unicorn
In one of my favorite articles in recent years, my friend, mentor, and sometimes-internet troll Michael Munger pointed out that […]
How Capitalism Could Save the World
In following the daily news events both in the United States and the rest of the world, it is easy […]
How Saving Grows the Economy-Explained with Comics
Back in the 1980s, Irwin Schiff, the late anti-tax activist, political prisoner, and father of free-market pundit Peter Schiff, wrote […]
California’s Misplaced Political Priorities Are to Blame for Water Rationing
California suffers from droughts, but the state’s government is an endless well of bad ideas. The latest absurd legislation, which […]
The Myth that Central Banks Assure Economic Stability
The world has been plagued with periodic bouts of the economic rollercoaster of booms and busts, especially during the last […]
Why Unschoolers Grow Up to Be Entrepreneurs
Almost by definition, entrepreneurs are creative thinkers and experimental doers. They reject the status quo and devise new approaches and […]
No One Comes Out the Victor in a Trade War
The President is at it again, having made good on his promises to punish foreigners in the United States he […]
How Inflation Drinks Your Milkshake
In the denouement of the film There Will Be Blood, the antihero Daniel Plainview dramatically reveals to his nemesis that he […]
Government Is the Greatest Purveyor of Inequality
With June being celebrated as Gay Pride month, every year around this time we seem to experience an increase in […]
The U.S. Should Be More Like Hong Kong
While airports frequently have “Duty-Free” stores within them, Hong Kong is a Duty-Free city-state. It levies no taxes on incoming foreign […]
John Maynard Keynes: The Damage Still Done by a Defunct Economist
Seventy years ago, on February 4, 1936, the English economist John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) published what soon became his most […]
Masterpiece Cakeshop Ruling Tastes Good, But Is Empty Calories
Today’s exceedingly narrow decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop kicks all the big questions down the road. While it’s gratifying that, by a […]
This Supreme Court Case Could Change Online Shopping Overnight
Online commerce as we know it could soon radically change. In a case it recently heard, the Supreme Court could eliminate the […]
3 Myths of Socialism Debunked by Venezuela’s Nightmare
History provides endless examples of vicious despots ruling under various collectivist ideologies. Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, and-today-Kim Jong-un and […]