Adam Smith's key insight was that both parties to an exchange can benefit and that, so long as cooperation is strictly voluntary, no exchange can take place unless both parties do benefit.
-- Milton Friedman
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
September 23, 2020 What is a "Libertarian-Conservative"?
An op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times provides a good example of the libertarian-conservative mush or hash that the libertarian philosophy has become. The op-ed is about the appointment of Supreme Court justices and was written by Steven G. Calabresi, who is a professor of law at Northwestern University and a visiting professor at Yale Law School. Calabresi’s op-ed ...
Should Social Security Be Expanded?
by Laurence M. Vance
Time is running out for Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), the chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security. The Constitution, ...
Growing Up Under Keynesian Economics
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Unfortunately, all of our lives we have grown up under Keynesian economics. Join FFF president Jacob G. ...
The FBI's Forgotten Crimes against Richard Jewell
by James Bovard
A new movie about Richard Jewell is reminding Americans of one of the forgotten travesties of the 1990s. When he died in 2007 at ...
Disaggregating Keynes Demonstrates Macro Delusions
by Richard M. Ebeling
The economic downturn that has accompanied the coronavirus crisis has seen huge increases in government deficit spending and mounting national debt in the United ...
