Interventionism

I am in Bhopal, visiting India after almost three years.

It is no coincidence that many who oppose immigration also oppose free trade, support the war on drugs, and repeatedly suggest as remedies for every social ill more prisons, more regulations, more prosecutions, more fines, and more government.

In a neat admission that his bosses are rotting the money in our pockets, Chicago Fed economist Francois Velde has come up with

We don't have capitalism in New Orleans or anywhere else, of course. Only government can grant monopoly privilege to put obstacles in the way of people getting what they need.

Unfortunately, this first essay failed to shine any light in the darkness because he is using advanced mathematics — econometrics — in an attempt to explain human beings.

He has chosen the wrong tool for the job.

Capitalists and entrepreneurs will have to be convinced that a new social system will keep their investments safe from government appropriation — no small task.

When it comes to matters such as the theory of evolution and stem-cell research, so-called liberals—i.e., socialists who have stolen the name that

I noted recently how many libertarians ignore or disregard the federalist aspect of our Con

The U.S. subsidizes ethanol. Corn prices go up. The new prices hit Mexicans hard.

It is fairly obvious that the caretakers of the Hemingway Home are more interested in the welfare of these cats, and that the consuming public supports this enterprise. USDA harassment of the Hemingway Cats is an example of bureaucratic excess.