Should We Loot the Rich?
Redistribution is not ethical; it’s theft and destruction. It is simply a means to satisfy the envy of some who seek to harm those who have obtained greater wealth through the satisfaction of the wants of consumers.
Redistribution is not ethical; it’s theft and destruction. It is simply a means to satisfy the envy of some who seek to harm those who have obtained greater wealth through the satisfaction of the wants of consumers.
In this testimony to Congress, Joseph Salerno describes how to fix the problem of fractional reserve banking.
The psychology of the anti-market left can be a puzzle, but even more confounding is the mentality of the anti-market right.
Why are so many Christmas movies rife with villainous capitalists who constantly seek to ruin Christmas?
Anti-tax protests have a well-established history in French politics, as described by Murray Rothbard in this 1956 article.
Quite simply, the science of liberty that Rothbard brought into clear relief is as brilliant in the hopes it creates for a free world as it is unforgiving of error.
As Mises put it "The development of a profession of economists is an offshoot of interventionism."
The peddler was the middle class man who prided himself on his initiative, self-reliance, independence and, above all, his integrity.
Banning or restricting payday lending primarily works to limit the choices and freedoms exercised by people with bad credit or low incomes.
The historic contribution of Mises was represented not so much by the magisterial works that he produced in 1912, or 1922, in 1933, or 1940 — as by his courageous, lonely vigil during the arid decades of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.