As egg prices rise, the usual progressive suspects claim it is due to monopoly power by egg producers, calling for government intervention. However, the real reason is government intervention itself.
Murray Rothbard believed that the right to engage in voluntary exchange has long been understood as a natural right, not just a good, practical idea. Tariffs and other trade barriers violate that right.
A Taxing Cut for IRS: Free Tax Filing Option to be Ended
The Trump administration announced that the IRS will end its free Direct File (DF) program that taxpayers have used on the IRS website to file their own tax returns.
Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation, Monopoly, or Disarmament?
A past article, presenting a “libertarian” viewpoint of nuclear weapons, puts forth two choices, but pointedly leaves out a third choice: nuclear disarmament.
In this edition of Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Arnold Schelsky’s The Hype Cycle and finds some worthy insights into things that modern culture has hyped, such as climate change.
Rothbard’s “Anatomy of the State” introduces the state as a unique, coercive institution, distinct from society. The latest Misesian expands on this view, examining historical commentary on the state’s emergence and its central role in modernity.
