Socialist Promises Result in Human Suffering
Socialism promises a utopia that sounds good, but those promises are never realized. It most often results in massive human suffering.
What Makes Money Trustworthy?
I don’t trust politicians, generally, but I especially don’t trust them with money. Since the U.S. went off the gold standard, the dollar has lost 80 percent of its value.
Trump’s China Blunder
By mistaking the real nature of international trade, the costs of tariffs, the effects of currency movements, and the supposed ease with which the United States could quickly re-establish itself as a low-cost manufacturer, Trump risks shredding the safety nets that have undergirded the U.S. economy for decades and plunging us into a war we are ill-equipped to fight.
Trump’s ‘Infrastructure’ Plan Versus Obama’s ‘Stimulus’: Part II
“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.”
Trump Tariffs are a Tax on the American People
Tariffs are paid directly from American businesses to the government’s coffers.
Defending Capitalism: Ayn Rand vs. Hayek
Ayn Rand publicly recommended the works of Mises but not of Hayek. Today, when Hayek is much better known than Mises, it’s worth seeing why. I came to the full realization of what’s wrong with Hayek’s approach while re-reading Atlas Shrugged. No, not...Book Review — Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America
Three major problems faced by America’s colleges and universities — and their solutions.
Moral Panic Over Sex Workers
Sex slavery is evil. Authorities should do everything they can to stop it. But there is a big difference between slavery and sex work done by consenting adults.
The Three Economic Elements About Capitalism
Those three elements are (a) division of labor; (b) impersonal exchange based on prices; and (3) economies of scale based on knowledge.
