01 Jan Reflections of a Market Evangelist
Bob Chitester, the executive producer of Free to Choose, looks back. Read the Full Article here: >National Review...
Bob Chitester, the executive producer of Free to Choose, looks back. Read the Full Article here: >National Review...
2020 will be remembered for many things: COVID-19, nationwide riots, a divisive election. But the rise of pandemic lockdowns will go down as the most momentous. Never before have the day-to-day lives of so much of humanity been so radically upended. And, outside of wartime,...
(Don Boudreaux) TweetHere’s a letter to a personal friend: Mr. P____ P____: Thanks for your e-mail in which you dissent in part from the position I take in my letter to Matt Zwolinski. You write that “Closing bars, for e.g., does impair freedom, but appears to be effective. If...
(Don Boudreaux) TweetHere’s a letter to University of San Diego philosopher Matt Zwolinski: Matt: I write with what I trust you know is enormous and rock-solid respect for you and your scholarship, from which I’ve learned so much over the years. Yet I must push back against...
This post was written for an essay contest on the question “What would Hayek say today?” Hayek and other Austrian economists demonstrated that government ownership of the means of production is a sure route to poverty, but today, central planning remains the norm in one crucial...
The Emergent Order Podcast On this episode of the podcast, John Papola has a conversation with his friend Congressman Justin Amash. Justin is a lawyer and politician who has served as a U.S. Representative of Michigan. Papola and Amash dive into the inner workings of...
(Don Boudreaux) Tweet… is from page 168 of Tom Palmer’s 2007 paper titled “Twenty Myths about Markets” (which was written for a Mont Pelerin meeting in Nairobi), as this paper is reprinted in Tom’s important 2009 book, Realizing Freedom: Moreover, there is no “well balanced” middle of...
(Don Boudreaux) TweetEthan Yang asks if Dr. Deborah Birx and other lockdown hypocrites should be forgiven. A slice: Dr. Birx and the countless politicians like her should be forgiven under the following condition: That they learn from their mistakes and empathize with the average American’s struggle...
2020 was "the worst year ever!” said many.But was it? NO!...
There are ominous signs on the horizon that governments want to move toward mandating "socially responsible investing" for pensions and fund managers. This is a terrible idea, to say the least. Original Article: "The Problem with Mandatory 'Socially Responsible Investing'". This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored...