Topic: Government

More from Meerlo on Mass Psychology

– August 19, 2021

“Meerlo’s work cannot innoculate readers from totalitarian mind control but it does expose the grooming techniques employed by those who would be their masters and reminds all Americans of the crucial importance of the Bill of Rights and other Constitutional checks and balances.” ~ Robert E. Wright

Economic History, Government, Regulation

Nixonomics in Retrospect: Devaluation and Wage-Price Controls, August 15, 1971

– August 18, 2021

“Many costly tax and other economic policy mistakes were made in the seventies, but the worst problems of the 1973-82 stagflationary era by far were the legacy of terrible monetary and regulatory blunders made in 1971.” ~ Alan Reynolds

Crisis, Free Markets, Government

How the Free Market is Doing Public Health Officials’ Jobs

– August 18, 2021

“Perhaps it will take some time, but there is still hope that US policymakers will recognize the advantages of market-based solutions instead of leaning on continuous mandates.” ~ Maxwell Hampton

Crisis, Government, History

Spencer Roane, Enduring Paladin of States’ Rights

– August 17, 2021

“Roane believed that it was imprudent to limit judicial review to one institution because ‘all history teaches’ that ‘power is an encroaching thing, and that all men who possess it, will feel it and forget right.'” ~ Robert E. Wright

Free Markets, Government, Regulation

Are Big Companies Ripping Us Off?

– August 16, 2021

“Politicians who benefit by pretending to ameliorate even the most minor complaints take action, regulate voluntary transactions, and affect how gains from trade can be distributed or even occur.” ~ Anthony Gill

Crisis, Government, Socialism

The Soviet Union Is Gone, but the Young Yearn for Socialism

– August 16, 2021

“If neither knowledge of, nor appropriate lessons from the reality of socialism-in-practice over the last one hundred years are learned, we may very well be condemned to repeat the past with all of its social, economic, and politically damaging consequences.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling

Economic Education, Government, Regulation

Teaching Introductory Economics

– August 16, 2021

“Economics supplies indispensable mental habits and analytical tools for gaining a better understanding of why and how it is that each of us, every moment of every day, enjoy the fruits of the labors and creativity of literally billions of strangers.”~ Donald J. Boudreaux

Economic History, Government, Monetary Policy

A Tragic Half Century Without Gold Money

– August 15, 2021

“Fifty years without a gold-based monetary system is not only unprecedented in human history but unfriendly to economic prosperity.” ~ Richard M. Salsman

Energy, Government, Regulation

Energy Infamy: Nixon’s 1971 Price Controls Turn 50

– August 14, 2021

“The 1970s stand as one of most grievous eras in the history of energy, and public policy in general. And it happened as a byproduct of a seemingly innocuous, temporary government intervention.” ~ Robert L. Bradley Jr.

Economic Education, Government, Regulation

Baptists, Bootleggers, and (Pretend-) Meat

– August 13, 2021

“There are plenty of things in life that are unhealthy and/or dangerous. Maybe I’m just a knee-jerk libertarian, but I think adults should be free to make their own choices about the levels of risk they’re willing to incur.” ~ Daniel J. Mitchell

Authoritarianism, Education, Government

To Mask, Or Not? Should I Yield to Authoritarians Who Resist Authority?

– August 13, 2021

“I work at a state university that is actively opposing the policy of those above them in the hierarchy of state government. Should I yield to these anti-authoritarian authoritarians and wear a mask?” ~ Randall G. Holcombe

Crisis, Financial Markets, Government

How Palladium Became a Target of Criminal Syndicates

– August 13, 2021

“The over six-fold increase in palladium prices have led to organized criminal activity. But between natural scarcity, lockdowns, and increasing environmental regulations, innovation offers the only current promise of relief.” ~ Peter C. Earle