Topic: Government

Economic Education, Government, Taxation

Taxes, Special Privileges, and “Private Enterprise”

– November 17, 2022

“Income, corporation, and capital-gains taxes are taxes on the general welfare. Also harmful to the public welfare are protective tariffs and similar restrictions on how people may peacefully spend their own money.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

Economic History, Free Markets, Government

Can We Have Welfare Without the Threat of Violence?

– November 17, 2022

“The mutual aid sector is due for a renaissance. It might seem radical, but charity and mutual aid systems create more trust, engender more integrity, and offer greater responsibility.” ~ Max Borders

Crisis, Government, Socialism

Progressive Politics Prevail Over Economic Freedom

– November 16, 2022

“Although some elections remain to be called, the overall picture is clear. American voters did not clearly repudiate the illiberal, progressive collectivist policies adopted at the state and national levels since March 2020.” ~ Robert E. Wright

Education, Government, Socialism

Beware the Incentives of “Forgiving” Student Loan Debt

– November 16, 2022

“The stark reality is that ‘forgiving student debt’ really means forcing people who didn’t go to college to pay for those who did, and forcing people who scrimped and saved for college to pay for those who didn’t. ” ~ Antony Davies & James R. Harrigan

Economic Education, Free Markets, Government

You Buy From Other Consumers, Not From Producers

– November 15, 2022

“Attempts to ‘manage’ or ‘plan’ prices do nothing to address the real problem of scarcity, and often make scarcity worse. Price controls are a restriction on the ability of other consumers to have their needs met, and that’s just wrong.” ~ Michael Munger

Art and Culture, Education, Government, Religion

Putting Affirmative Action to the Question

– November 15, 2022

“In the world of identity politics, religion is not as important as race unless the religion in question merits concern on the basis of the intersectional hierarchy of victimhood.” ~ Kody W. Cooper

Government, Healthcare, Technology

Public Health Amidst a Smart Pandemic

– November 14, 2022

“Government officials and big tech alike should take seriously that with the rise of big data comes a corresponding concern about privacy and transparency.” ~ April Liu and Ryan M. Yonk

Books, Capitalism, Free Markets, Government

Where Is the Free Market Utopia?

– November 14, 2022

“Philippon explains why we should embrace competition, and if more people do so after reading The Great Reversal, he will have done an important job.” ~ Art Carden

Central Banking, Cryptocurrency, Government, International

CBDCs: What Can We Learn From Dollarized Countries?

– November 13, 2022

“How much more could FDR have done had he had a CBDC? The risk of a CBDC goes beyond the serious issue of financial privacy.” ~ Nicolás Cachanosky

Art and Culture, Government, Media

Pathologies of Victimhood

– November 13, 2022

“We tend to find what we set out looking for, and when persons operate with the assumption that others are out to victimize them, their expectations tend to be fulfilled.” ~ Richard Gunderman

Government, Healthcare, Public Choice and Public Policy

Diabetic Complications and Economic Fundamentals

– November 12, 2022

“Basic economics, both in theory and practice, warn us that these latest efforts to subsidize insulin production are much more likely to cause further harm to an already dire situation.” ~ Byron Carson and Raymond J. March

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Government

No COVID Tribunals

– November 11, 2022

“Attempts to hold lockdowners personally accountable by imposing on them formal punishments would create yet another terrible precedent, one that would only compound the troubles that we’re destined to suffer from the precedent that was set in March 2020.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux