In his new book By the People, Charles Murray claims that government has become tyrannical, and therefore people ought to disobey bad laws. But only some laws, Murray explains. Tax laws are just swell, as is the foreign-policy status quo.
International trade grasped headlines with Monday’s announcement that twelve governments have agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. While we should expect to see this celebrated in the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal, it is unfortunate even libertarian organizations are praising the agreement.
How should we define equality? The state won't define it, and a definition doesn't really matter because "equality" isn't really about helping anyone but the state and its agents. It's about some people exercising power over other people.
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Dallas-Fort Worth on 3 October 2015.
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Dallas-Fort Worth on 3 October 2015.
The Mises Institute has uploaded a recording of "The Economics of the Middle-of-the-Road Policy"—delivered by Ludwig von Mises on April 25, 1962.
