What to do Until Privatization Comes?
Free-market advocates are clear about what should be done about government services and operations: they should be privatized.… Read More
What Donald Trump doesn’t Understand About Trade
As you might expect, I said nice things about Trump’s tax reform and regulatory relief but was rather alarmist about his protectionism.… Read More
Cities are Central to Human Flourishing
In many countries today, cities are the centers of innovation, engines of growth, and home to the richest segment of the population.… Read More
Building More Highways Will Reduce Traffic Congestion
It’s also true that building more highways encourages more people to use the highway. Thus adding a lane to an LA freeway will cause more people to use that freeway.… Read More
Bitcoin, Despite all its Problems, Could Revolutionize Property Rights
Bitcoin provides a last resort for individuals and communities contending with hyper-inflation, capital controls, corrupt courts, extortion, and expropriation of all kinds.
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Democracy and Laissez Faire: the New York State Constitution of 1846
New York’s current financial woes have a precedent, and perhaps a solution, in the pages of the distant past. Well back in its history, in the late 1830s, New York State was spending and lending money lavishly.… Read More
Will the Dollar Survive the Rise of the Yuan and the End of the Petrodollar?
This might seem a frivolous question, while the dollar still retains its might, and is universally accepted in preference to other, less stable fiat currencies.… Read More
Decentralizing and Privatizing Creates a Free Nation
When the “nation” has been thought of at all, it usually comes attached to the state, as in the common word, “the nation-state.”… Read More
Obamacare Repeal Is a Band-Aid Health Care Solution
“Our healthcare system was a mess before Obamacare. Normal market forces were crippled by government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid”… Read More
DNC makes it all about Trump
The DNC is making some pretty big claims about Donald Trump. Bubba talks about interest rates, Hillary’s email scandal, Michael Bloomberg & Donald Trump.… Read More