Interventionism

There's a massive shortage of available kidneys for transplant. The solution is the free market, but the objections are mainly moral. Ninos Malek explains.

The teachings of Carl Menger and Ludwig von Mises offer the answer to those who say we should dismantle civilization to meet the supposed needs of nature. A very powerful speech by George Reisman.

Even before the recent rate cuts, Greenspan had opened the monetary spigots, in a duplication of the policy error that led to the artificial boom. William Anderson explains.

One of the modern hero-myths the State has cultivated about itself is that government vaccination programs drastically reduced some common communicable diseases in the twentieth century. For decades, the government has required certain vaccinations for entry into schools, and most parents have passively submitted to the inoculation of their children. Now, in response to increasing evidence that vaccines may not be the boon to our health that has been supposed, opposition to mandatory vaccination programs is building.

The state of California has experienced a meltdown in its electric power system. For months, the system has repeatedly run at or near the overload point, necessitating brownouts and even rolling blackouts. Incredibly, the fiasco has been blamed on deregulation and the free market.

Why do economists disagree on how to handle downturns? Chris Westley explains that some believe the market works and others do not.

Traffic is a powerful and persuasive argument against the domestic and international drug war. Review and critique by Dale Steinreich.

What is it about Canada that the United Nations loves so much? Adam Young investigates.

The New York Times trumpets a new theory of economics (actually a very old one) that yields predictably interventionist conclusions. Tibor Machan responds.

The Governor's supposed solution to the energy fiasco promotes the fiction that government solves problems that private businesses create.