It is manifestly contrary to the interest of the consumers to prevent the most efficient entrepreneurs from expanding the sphere of their activities up to the limit to which the public approves of their conduct of business by buying their products. Here again, the issue is who should be supreme, the consumers or the government? In the unhampered market the behavior of consumers, their buying or abstention from buying, ultimately determines each individual's income and wealth. Should one vest in the government the power to overrule the consumer's choices?
April 3, 2020 Fear of Healthcare Freedom
Imagine that the United States had had a system of public churching for 230 years, a system in which the federal government owned and operated public churches alongside private churches. This state-run system of public churches would be run by government employees, including ministers, and be financed through taxation. Prayers and prayer books would be devised by the federal Department of Religion. ...
What Comes After the Coronavirus, Freedom or Despotism?
by Richard M. Ebeling
The coronavirus crisis that has enveloped the world has brought about calls for society and economy-wide action on the part of governments that has ...
Tyranny and the Coronavirus Crisis
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Crises and emergencies are the time-honored way by which people lose their rights and liberties. Join Jacob ...
Preventing Liberty from Becoming a Coronavirus Fatality
by Ted Galen Carpenter
Public attitudes about the coronavirus outbreak increasingly exhibit features of a collective panic. That development creates the danger that government measures designed to deal ...
The Wrong Solution to Welfare Marriage Penalties
by Laurence M. Vance
The typical wedding ceremony, reception, and honeymoon can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Although all of it may be paid for up front, ...
