Hawaii Governor Vetoes Bill Aimed to End Confiscation of Property Without a Conviction
July 28, 2019 – Carey Wedler …… Hawaii will continue to make a profit by denying its citizens due process. Continue reading →
Why Powell Fears a Gold Standard
July 25, 2019 – Mike Gleason …… The fact that politicians, central bankers, and “too big to fail” bankers all oppose a gold standard is a tacit admission that hard money would serve as an effective constraint on their activities. Continue reading →
Free Trade vs. Government Diktat
July 24, 2019 – Jacob Hornberger …… In every trade, a person is giving up something he values less for something he values more. Every time a shopper buys any item from another person, he has improved his standard of living, and so has the seller. Continue reading →
The Golden Rule Is as Golden as Ever
July 22, 2019 – Lawrence Reed …… The Golden Rule: Do to others what you would have them do to you. This ethic of reciprocity is a concept that just about everybody everywhere will tell you they admire even when they don’t live up to it. Pease and prosperity would be greatly enhanced if we all lived up to the golden rule! Continue reading →
Minimum Wage: A Most Remarkable Belief
July 21, 2019 – Pierre Lemieux …… Even if the minimum wage increased the total value of production, it would still be a strange belief to view it as a desirable public policy. Continue reading →
Yes, Parents Are Capable of Choosing How Their Children Should Be Educated
July 20, 2019 – Kerry McDonald …… The idea that parents get in the way of children’s education and can halt their flourishing is nothing new. It’s also false. Continue reading →
What If Charity Replaced Taxation?
July 19, 2019 – Jean Vilbert …… Perhaps if the government demanded less (coercively), people would give more voluntarily. Continue reading →
Ignore the Fear Mongering, Here’s What Climate Change Models Actually Say
July 18, 2019 – Robert P. Murphy …… The most alarming of the projections of climate change damages rely on naïve assumptions about human adaptability. Continue reading →
Mexican BMW Factory Shows Us the Benefits of Free Trade
July 16, 2019 – Gary Galles …… Car companies are building in Mexico rather than the United States, largely because it has freer trade than the United States does with the rest of the world. Continue reading →
US Immigration Enforcement: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
July 15, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… “Here’s the problem. If you give government a job to do, even one that seems justified in the abstract, it will use its power to make a terrible mess in practice.” Continue reading →