Happy 90th Birthday, Professor Israel Kirzner!
Even in an era when modern medicine and technologies are adding to people’s lifetimes, along with the gains in general human economic betterment, it…
The Perils and Pitfalls of Political Paternalism
cross the spectrum of differing political views, whether “progressive,” “nationalist,” “populist,” or “conservative,” there is a common presumption in all of their policy positions…
The History and Meaning of Berlin Wall
his November marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the shaky East German communist government…
Collectivist Revivalism and the New Attack on Liberty
America and some other parts of the world are facing a “revivalist” movement, but rather than being a religious revival, it is an ideological…
Progressivism Is An Imposter
“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” This became an often-repeated popular line after its use in the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke….
Price Controls Attack the Freedom of Speech
We increasingly live in a new “dark age” of economic ignorance, and even stupidity. Few things exemplify this trend as much as the call for price…
Friends of Freedom, Do Not Despair
riends of freedom can easily become despondent when they look at what appear to be the ideological and political trends that fill the media…
How Much Damage Will Come from this Trade War?
First, the good news: the U.S. and world economies have not imploded, so far, as fallout from the rising trade tensions between the Trump…
Debt, Deficits and the Cost of Free Lunches
It seems that every generation or two, fundamental economic ideas are questioned and challenged. The reasonable and important idea that governments should balance their…
Central Banking Is Central Planning
At a time when the appeal of and demands for a new “democratic” socialism seem to have caught the imagination of many among the…