Rothbard’s Underappreciated Contributions to Public Goods Analysis
The assertion that “tax-financed public goods can make us all better off” is just that: an assertion. As Rothbard showed, there is no reason to just assume consumers would pay for these amenities were they not forced to through taxation. Original
To Stop the Left, America Needs a Rothbardian Right
The official slogan of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was “America UnCancelled,” and the conference featured a slate of topics confined to such controversial viewpoints as “Why the Left Hates the Bill of Rights … and We Love It” and
Aggregated Data Hides the Damage Done by Minimum Wage Hikes
Democrats are again pushing to increase the federal minimum wage, this time roughly doubling it to $15 per hour. And as with every such push, that has involved invoking “rosy scenario” sales pitches about how low-wage workers will be big
Benedict XVI: A Life
Benedict XVI: A LifeBy Peter SeewaldVolume 1: Youth in Nazi Germany to the Second Vatican Council 1927–19651Published in English by Bloomsbury Continuum, London, 2020Translated by Dinah Livingstone Peter Seewald has recently published an extensive biography of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, and
The Straussian Labyrinth
Leo Strauss is one of the most influential political philosophers of the twentieth century, and like him or not, we need to understand his ideas. Murray Rothbard, by the way, had a mixed verdict on Strauss. He says, for example, [H]is
Rothbard Explains How to Recover from an Economic Crisis
Confronted with a severely weakened economy as the consequence of the policy-ordered lockdowns, governments now get ready to apply another severe blow to the economy. The favorite means is more deficit spending. In the United States, President Biden announced a
Daniel Lacalle on Freedom or Equality
Our great friend Daniel Lacalle joins the show from Madrid to discuss the post-Covid economy from the framework of his newest book, Freedom or Equality. Real human cooperation happens via markets and property, not government or central bank edicts. Socially
The PRO Act Is Not Just a Union Handout—It’s an Assault on the Freedom of Association Itself
The bill’s supporters may talk about how it will give workers the ability to choose to organize at work, but much like the mafia, this bill will ensure that the choice to unionize is one that workers can’t refuse. Original Article:
Why the Capitol Riot Terrified the Elite
The media-government alliance has clamped down against the populist right harder than ever before. Yet, one can sense a hint of panic within establishment ranks that the threads of their dominance may finally be unraveling. Original Article: "Why the Capitol Riot
The infamous: Kerala gold smuggling case
Source: News India Express Gold is every women’s dream but what happens when she chooses to smuggle it across countries and gets caught! What is this big smuggling case? A charge sheet was filed last month by the National Investigation Agency