Alex Epstein’s Summer Talking Points: Gasoline Prices
Any politician who supports the “net zero” agenda is working to make gasoline prices much higher.
Hatred of Western Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America
The late Dr. John Lewis read this statement to his class on September 12, 2001 — the day after America was attacked by Islamic Jihadists. His words are all the more relevant today.
In Defence of Big Business
The failure to distinguish between economic power and political power leads people to believe that large corporations have grown through coercion.
Free Markets, and Not Statist Regulators, Should Decide The Fate of Google
The DOJ’s case against Google is a moot point and waste of taxpayer dollars.
Arrest of Telegram Creator Pavel Durov and The Global Assault Against Freedom of Speech
Pavel Durov, who in 2014 fled Russia after the Kremlin “tightened its grip over the Internet” — only to find himself a prisoner in the West a decade later.
Free Market Fundamentals and NatCon Inconsistencies
Endorsing individuals’ freedom to trade with foreigners is simply of a piece with the more general endorsement of individuals’ freedom to trade with whomever they please, whether fellow citizens or not. The protectionist position, in contrast, invariably relies upon arbitrary distinctions that ensnare protectionists in intellectual and ethical inconsistencies.
“New Right” vs. Free-Markets and Capitalism
The “New Right” faction argues for increased government intervention in the economy, protectionist measures, and the strengthening of monopoly labor unions.
What Americans Can Learn From Venezuela’s Crackdown on ‘Price Gougers’
Ten years ago, Venezuela set out on a path to economic ruin and grave shortages of basic consumer goods, because of price controls on groceries and other products. Is the US really going to travel on the same road?
Trade Deficits Don’t Really Matter
Free nations as such don’t gain or lose from trade; only individual traders do.
