Interventionism

Dale Steinreich's June article about the centenary of the founding of the American Medical Association caused a tremendous uproar. Here is his answer to critics.

Protection or Free Trade, published in 1886, is undoubtedly one of the most significant works ever written on the subject, writes Laurence Vance.

Congress just passed another regulatory bill, Lew Rockwell reports, because people with food allergies are under the impression that food sellers are indifferent to whether they live or die.

Consumers are eating shrimp like never before, writes Don Mathews, so why is the industry so unhappy?

The root of the pension problem, writes Carl Horowitz, is the inherent unsoundness of State-granted guarantees to firms (and unions) against market failure.

Dale Steinreich explains the twin goals of the AMA-shaped medical industry: artificially elevated incomes and worship by patients.

There are many reasons for the decline of the family, lifestyle choice among them, writes Per Henrik Hansen.

Blaming free trade for the present predicament of so many workers is misplaced. But who should be blamed?

Even if most hedge funds were dogs, writes Gregory Bresiger, why is it the business of the government to regulate them?

Is the state’s power of eminent domain necessary in a free society? Walter Block and Richard Epstein debate the topic.