Government Worker Napped Three Hours Per Day for Four Years
The average California state government worker earns 23 percent more in total compensation than their similarly skilled and educated private-sector counterpart.
Bureaucracy and Regulation
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You Can’t Run a Government “Like a Business”
Calls for finding efficiencies in government by electing or appointing people to “run it like a business” are futile.
The Plastic Straw Ban: Enforced With Violence
Every government law, regulation, or ordinance must ultimately meet noncompliance with jail cells and government agents with guns.
40 Years of Pummeling the Postal Service
At this point, the Postal Service is rapidly becoming little more than an income maintenance program for the 630,000 employees.
Another Great New York Deli Closes: A Story of New York’s Misrule
Powerful Manhattanites hand down the laws the rest us of New Yorkers must follow. Many lives and businesses are ruined as a result.
You Now Can’t Leave the U.S. Unless the IRS Lets You
Looking more like an old-school authoritarian regime, the US government now has the power to revoke your passport if you owe taxes.
PC and the Bureaucratization of the Economy
Profit-oriented business organizations that demand political conformity in the workplace are mimicking government agencies, and we must turn to Mises's book Bureaucracy for guidance.
No, Decriminalization of Marijuana Is not Better than Legalization
Oddly, some libertarians argue that decriminalization is better than outright legalization. They're wrong.
The Problem with Government Licensing Schemes
Government licensing hurts employment, reduces competition — and thus quality — and serves to line the pockets of the established firms who benefit.
Deutsche Bank’s Troubles Raise Worries About the Future of the Euro Zone
Big banks like Deutsche Bank have the potential to take an entire economy hostage: When they get into trouble, they can drag everything down with them.
