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Don’t be afraid!
Of anarcho-capitalism, that is. In today’s Freeman essay, David Hebert argues that many people misunderstand how anarcho-capitalism really would work, if only we could get government out of the way.…
Murray Rothbard
American economist (1926–1995)
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Government jobs as a path to wealth
Our friend Bob Smith writes here in praise of a Wilmington Star editorial about the very elevated pay levels of some state government officials, who earn much more than they…
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Federal employees milk taxpayers with disability claims
This Washington Examiner editorial highlights the large amount of fraud in disability claims by federal employees. As Murray Rothbard liked to say, the real class struggle is not between workers…
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Another politician who understood money
Following up on his column yesterday on James A. Garfield, today Larry Reed writes about William Bourke Cockran, whose learned speech helped convince the House of Representatives to repeal the…
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There is one overriding reason why there are long gas lines in New York and NJ
Anti price gouging laws. If you want to learn why (and a little economics) See page 22. If not I have a quote for you from the late Murray Rothbard,…
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Jack Hunter: Even Rothbard supported political engagement
While many in the liberty movement may pooh-pooh political engagement, in favor of educational outreach alone, Jack Hunter has written a valuable rebuttal (also presented in the video below). In…
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They’re usually more subtle than this…
School kids in Houston had to learn a syrupy song praising Obama, as you’ll read here. As Murray Rothbard observed years ago, one of the major functions of “public education”…
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Books Romney and Obama ought to read
American Enterprise blogger James Pethokoukis suggests five books Mitt Romney and Barack Obama ought to read to get a grip on economics. He says that the list could easily grow…
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The state of economic ignorance at the NCGA
My colleague Sara Burrows has an excellent article today’s Carolina Journal online on the possibility that, by designating several species of fish as game fish, the North Carolina legislature may…
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Some things just need restating from time to time…
“It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, it is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible…
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Truth versus statist mythology
In his column today, Thomas Sowell slays one of the most pernicious statist myths, namely that the government’s inaction under Herbert Hoover caused the economic downturn that began in 1929…
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The ultimate struggle of our time and of all time…
The ruling class vs the producing class. “On the free market, everyone earns according to his productive value in satisfying consumer desires. Under statist distribution, everyone earns in proportion to…