Will there Be Tyranny in the Post-Coronavirus World?
The coronavirus crisis will be considered one of the most important global events of the early decades of the 21st century. Like a pebble that…
To Kill Markets Is the Worst Possible Plan
omentous events usually leave strong memories on those who have lived through them, and those memories often become passed on to later generations in…
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…