While libertarians, and many conservatives, often rightly discuss problems of government intervention, there is a counterintuitive category where the government simultaneously monopolizes, taxes, and refuses to provide promised services.
Who says Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on anything. They have both agreed to continue foolish and counterproductive subsidies for buses and other forms of inter-city public transportation.
American Indian reservations have some of the worst poverty rates in the nation, which increases calls for even more federal government intervention. However, it is the intervention itself that is creating the poverty in the first place.
In case you haven‘t noticed, housing prices are not rising like they did a short time ago, thanks to higher interest rates. Bringing down those rates, however, will increase inflation and make housing less affordable.
Peter Earle reviews Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions. This edited volume delivers a timely critique of the Federal Reserve's discretionary monetary policy, arguing that a binding legal structure is needed to check its mission creep.
Since the Progressive Era, American foreign policy has seen one military intervention after another, leading to disastrous consequences. Historian Charles A. Beard understood the dangers and futility associated with these interventionist policies.
The recent political firefight over Trumps firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer overshadows the underlying question of why we need the BLS at all. Murray Rothbard noted that government statistics provide the main tools for government economic intervention.
The Federal Trade Commission has fined the makers of the video game Fortnite more than $500 million ostensibly for violations that have no legal basis. This is yet another case of the feds shaking down producers in the name of “consumer protection.”
The Federal Trade Commission has fined the makers of the video game Fortnite more than $500 million ostensibly for violations that have no legal basis. This is yet another case of the feds shaking down producers in the name of “consumer protection.”
Most people believe that ours is a “free-market” healthcare system, but nothing could be further from the truth. A true market-based system as explained here would be less costly and more oriented to patient care.
