December 5, 2019        

So long as we insist the federal government can force one law, one culture, and one sort of politics on all of America, the US is headed down the road of civil war. Only decentralization and separation can partly defuse the situation.

Gary Schlarbaum, one of our generous supporters, has again offered to match all donations received through December 9.

Serving the Consumer: The Secret to Walt Disney's Success
by Barry L. Linetsky

Had consumers in 1938 been uninterested in a feature-length cartoon, Snow White would have bankrupted the Disney studio. Instead, Walt Disney was richly rewarded for his risk-taking.

China's Mercantilism Is a Recipe for Stagnation
by Mihai Macovei

China is not on track to catch up with the wealthy West. The Chinese state's commitment to highly interventionist mercantilist policies is leading to debt, malinvestment, and stagnation.

The Austrian-School approach, with its realist, real-world approach, is actually more inclined toward empiricism than the neo-classical economists who tend toward very abstract theories and models.

 


    

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