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Antitrust populists claimed blocking the Spirit–JetBlue merger would protect competition and consumers. But their effort led to an intervention that strengthened the very oligopoly...
If executed perfectly, this swap allows the Fed to neutralize a shrinking money supply by swapping $2 trillion in mortgages for $2 trillion in...
Philosopher Matt Zwolinski has declared libertarianism to lack any coherent standards. Zwolinski’s confusion is the result of his rejection of libertarianism as outlined by...
The government created a market for stolen goods, paid criminals cash for five months, watched robberies spike, arrested everyone at a mafia-themed party.
Mark Thornton explains the gold and silver selloff.
Drawing on Rothbard’s writings on money and central banking, Murray Sabrin makes the case that inflation is a hidden tax, the Federal Reserve is...
The TSA stories, especially at Atlanta, are illustrations of interventionist non-intervention: non-delivery of promised, paid-for, and monopolized service.
Drawing on Rothbard’s essay on inequality and the division of labor, Dr. Lucas Engelhardt argues that human diversity is the very foundation of comparative...
Dr. Per Bylund unpacks Rothbard’s concept of the capitalist entrepreneur as the economy’s true mover and shaker: the figure who not only forecasts future...
Dr. Tate Fegley uses Rothbard’s theory of demonstrated preference to dismantle the mainstream public goods framework, showing that claims of market failure and welfare...
Drawing on Man, Economy, and State, Dr. Jonathan Newman walks through Rothbard’s theory of price formation and competition, showing that prices reflect subjective preferences,...
Government corruption isn’t an anomaly. It is part of the system itself. We should expect government to be corrupt. Free markets are the antidote...
The TSA stories, especially at Atlanta, are illustrations of interventionist non-intervention: non-delivery of promised, paid-for, and monopolized service.
A century after Ludwig von Mises exposed the fundamental weakness in the socialist economy, Jesus Huerta de Soto demonstrates why Mises was right and...