Let’s (Not) Panic Again
by Simon Sarevski Since time immemorial if you asked an adolescent whether he expects to live a better life than his parents the definitive…
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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…
Read MoreLabour and the Gulag: the Labour Party’s record of support for totalitarian socialism
In 1910, Labour’s first leader, Keir Hardie, declared that “[Marx’s] memory is a consecrated treasure in the heart of millions of the…
Read MoreCollectivist 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…
Read MoreProgressivism 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….
Read MoreA Wealth Tax Consumes Capital
It seems one cannot make a name for one’s self on the Left, unless one has a proposal to tax wealth. Academics like Tomas…
Read MoreThe Ghost of Failed Banks Returns
Last week’s failure in the US repo market might have had something to do with Deutsche Bank’s disposal of its prime brokerage to BNP,…
Read MorePrice 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…
Read MoreFriends 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…
Read MoreTake Shelter 2.0
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Ronald Reagan. “When Nobel Prize-winner…
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