by Richard M. Ebeling | Jun 12, 2019 | Free Trade, Protectionism & Tariffs
Besides making Americans poorer than they otherwise need to be due to Trump’s tariff wars, the president has arrogantly used executive authority to arbitrarily impose higher import taxes (or their threat) at his own discretion and whim.
by Jaana Woiceshyn | Jun 12, 2019 | Business
It is not Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, and others that need to be “cut down to size,” as they cannot coerce us to buy their products and use their services.
by Richard M. Ebeling | Jun 12, 2019 | POLITICS
If there is one common enemy that all opponents of individual liberty, free markets, and limited government seemingly can agree upon it is the “evil” of neo-liberalism. Everything that is hated in an open, competitive market society is summed into that word and... by Richard M Salsman | Jun 11, 2019 | Money & Banking
The financial crisis of 2008-9 — accompanied by the Great Recession was caused by government intervention, mainly in mortgage finance and the housing sector.
by Harry Binswanger | Jun 11, 2019 | Economics
In economics Hayek is a radical; but in philosophy, unlike Ayn Rand, Hayek is a conservative.
by John Stossel | Jun 11, 2019 | Genetics
Soon, some of you will try to make “better babies.” Already, people pay labs to examine embryos so they can pick ones with DNA they like. Some screen for gender or eye color. Some screen out certain diseases. So far, they’ve been limited to selecting... by Scott Holleran | Jun 11, 2019 | Literature
We the Living is not about Soviet Russia in 1925–its a novel about any dictatorship, anywhere, and hopefully it will prevent one in the United States.
by Alex Epstein | Jun 10, 2019 | Energy
In this full episode of “Exploring Minds”, Michele Carroll and Alex Epstein explore his reasons behind writing “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels”. Alex breaks down the importance of energy, our current options available to use for energy, and... by Max Gulker | Jun 10, 2019 | Antitrust & Monopolies
Hipster antitrust taken to its logical extreme involves the government using its power over firms to make them do whatever politicians feel like.
