Since becoming president, most of the actions taken by President Trump have been anti-economic growth, and the US economy now is sputtering. Unfortunately, Trump seems to believe that a combination of trade restrictions and inflation is what the economy needs.
While the libertarian tradition of Murray Rothbard has supported individual rights, the modern idea of civil rights and the laws behind them are a different matter altogether.
Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables? Believe it or not, the US Supreme Court ruled on that question in 1893 in order to settle a tariff dispute over importation of tomatoes.
Like the Happy Days program that could not be saved by Fonzie’s waterskiing heroics, Intel will be made even weaker in the aftermath of its equity deal with the Trump administration.
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Israel Bombs Qatar (and has now bombed five countries...
Senator Tim Kaine’s definition of “rights” as things created by government and human law is extremely dangerous because a government that creates rights can also abolish them.
President Trump has recently endorsed a policy that is arguably as socialist as anything proposed by New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani or Sen. Bernie Sanders — partial government ownership of private corporations.
It turns out 2024's jobs data was very wrong. Central planning has always been a fantasy, and its even more fantastic when the government statistics are so thoroughly wrong for so long.
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The Feds overestimated employment by 911,000 jobs for...
Although New York mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani has made some very popular promises, his litany of free stuff will run headlong into economic reality soon enough.
The natural law is, in essence, a profoundly “radical” ethic, for it holds the existing status quo, which might grossly violate natural law, up to the unsparing and unyielding light of reason.
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Job Growth Was Negative in June. That's Very Bad News
Government not only has a monopoly on law enforcement and “justice,” but it also protects that monopoly against anyone who might seek justice outside the purview of the state.
Austrian economists differ with the economic mainstream in many ways, but the break on utility theory is especially critical in understanding the split between the two schools of economic thought.
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Don’t Confuse the Rights of Corporations with the...
A foundational principle in financial accounting, corporate finance, and corporate law is that—despite jurisdictional divergences—there exists a conceptual distinction between natural persons (human beings) and juridical persons.
The “woke left” and “woke right” are lumped together as two types of “woke.” But it is intellectually lazy and obscures truth to identify all opponents as the same because of superficial similarities.
As both left and right throw freedom and free markets over the side, we remember that there still is a remnant that understands why these things make for a good society. Albert J. Nock eloquently reminds us of what we are losing.