Big Government

Like FDR, George Bush got his war, writes Joseph Potts, but Bush went his Democratic predecessor one better—a big one better.

Just what accounts for the people's love affair with government?

Although the FairTax would eliminate the filing of all individual tax returns, writes Laurence Vance, the FairTax turns every business into a tax collector.

Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on May 5, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.

People have long accused the great liberal tradition of a dogmatic attachment to peace. It would appear that this is precisely what is necessary in order to preserve the freedom necessary for all of us to find true meaning in our lives.

Blaming OPEC has been in political fashion for over three decades, writes Chris Westley.

The rich find ways around the tax eaters, writes, Kirby Cundiff, by moving income and capital around and lobbying for loopholes.

If there's a cyclical event in economics as dependable as the rising sun in the natural world, writes Ted Roberts, it's the regularity of postal rate increases.

What chain of events led to "free" Americans having less in the way of health choices under some circumstances than "unfree" socialist Europe? Dale Steinreich examines the FDA.

The only really proper reform of Social Security is the gradual abolition of the whole system.