Interventionism

I pointed out in There’s No Such Thing as a Free Patent that “The conventional defense of the

Wealthy team owners and their wealthy employees will be the only winners if the new arena idea moves forward.

The losers, once again, would be taxpayers.

It could become very difficult to get in the near future, if we see the political class follow up on the latest frenzy: “

An excellent piece by Michael Malone in the WSJ today (thanks S. Berger):

Public goods are a cover for coercion, and public high school football is a private good funded by someone else's tax bill. Don't believe otherwise.

I know nothing about the tire market but it seems clear that the unions

Indeed, global capitalism makes bureaus such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission even more unnecessary.

The path for progress here, as in every aspect of economics and civilization, lies with privatization, the elimination of restrictions and welfare, and freedom itself.

Dobbs goes back and forth throughout the book, confusing capitalism with mercantilism, blaming mercantilism for bad policies that he calls capitalism, and blaming free trade for the consequences of protectionist policies … and then there's his actual understanding of politics itself. I hesitate to say what his understanding of economics is because there isn't any economics in War on the Middle Class. There's a lot of talk about how this nation was founded on a principle of economic opportunity, but that's as close as Dobbs comes.

Where did the legislation that makes it so difficult for me to unclog my nose come from in the first place? The intrigue continues. It was passed on March 6, 2006 — as an amendment to the Patriot Act!