Republicans Craft the Next Great Healthcare Failure
Those who claim that the Senate Republican proposal to replace Obamacare will kick millions of people out from health insurance coverage are dead wrong. Yes, it will cause the number of insured people to decline, but that will happen because millions of healthy...Italy’s Bank Rescue Foreshadows Nationalization of More EU Banks
On December 7, 2016, Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned following defeat in a national referendum, that he had supported, that would have changed the country’s parliamentary system. The development, which represents just the latest sign of anti-EU sentiment...The Inca Elite and the “Communism” of the Common People
The Inca rulers imposed on almost all in society a compulsory equalitarianism in virtually all things.
The Rise and Fall of Property Rights in America
Adam Mossoff traces the rise and fall of property rights in America.
A Declaration of Independence from Bad Government
Never before in history had a people declared and then established a government based on the principles of the individual’s right to his life, liberty, and property.
Government Monopoly Money vs. Personal Choice in Currency
Greater monetary freedom would not only give every citizen a legal right to protect and secure his income, wealth and market transactions from abusive mismanagement of the government’s monopoly monetary printing press. It could also serve as a check on the degree of such government abuse.
British Election Sends Shockwaves Felt Here and Abroad
Last week’s General Election in the United Kingdom was a disaster for the new conservative government of Prime Minster Theresa May. Having called the unnecessary “snap” elections in order to strengthen her political hand, the result actually reduced the number of...The Smartphone Wars and “Patent Trolls”
There are widespread complaints today that the “patent system is broken” and that the “smartphone wars” and “patent trolls” are killing innovation. Yet patented innovation has revolutionized our lives today—tablet computers, smartphones and antiviral drugs are just a few of these modern marvels. How to make sense of this contradiction?
