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Fifty Shades of Government
On a flight the other day, I noticed that a third of the passengers were reading a certain best-selling book. It got me thinking. …
Kill Private Capital, Kill Civilization
Capitalism and entrepreneurship make the difference in the world. Whether a country is rich or poor depends on both. The evidence is all around …
Let’s Build a Self-Managed World
The books we remember most are the ones that change our minds or redirect our thoughts. Most readers consume books and ideas that only …
Is Austerity Killing Us?
The European economy is turning from stagnation to contraction. Financial journalists are concluding that “austerity” is the reason. They say that forced reduction in …
Government Is Good for Nothing
Excerpts from an Interview with the Daily Bell: Daily Bell: Give us some background on yourself. Where did you grow up? Jeffrey Tucker: My …
Rand Paul’s Tea Party Manifesto
Politics is a lagging indicator of social-cultural trends. Politics doesn’t lead change; it chases it, incompetently and long after the underlying reality is impossible …
The Amazing Ethanol Scam
Corn prices are officially through the roof, spiking to record highs. It’s been headed this way through six years of crazy volatility. Now the …
Small Stories, Gigantic Lessons: Albert Jay Nock on Everything
In 1946, oil baron William F. Buckley Sr. sent his extremely bright son Bill to Yale University. The father wanted to pass on one …
How the Fed Killed Equities
Not too long ago, it was conventional wisdom: Personal wealth comes not from wages, but from return on investments. Stocks are for the long …
Nock’s First Political Memories
In the final segment of my appearance on Capital Account last week, the hosts mentioned that plenty of Americans don’t know the names of …
Olympics and Economics: Why the Double Standard?
Why do people love competition so much in the field and in the pool, but fear and hate it in the business world? The …
Dark Knight Rises: Its Politics and Ours
Before the third of the Batman trilogy hit theaters, I had heard that The Dark Knight Rises was a film without hope, with a …
No More Scapegoats
In my town this week, two tribes shouted each other down, each claiming that the other is destroying the country. At issue: whether to …
Another Tech Bust Coming?
Is a blowout bust coming for high-flying Internet stocks? There was the disappointing Facebook IPO, but many people wrote that off as due to …
Tiffany’s and the Problem of Security
After Sept. 11, the American system of government became crazy obsessed with security. The implementation has not only been brutal and contrary to human …
Government Is Shrinking?
In today’s political climate, the more implausible the claim, the more likely it is to stick. One that seems to be sticking now is …
Own Guns, So that I Don’t Have To
While attending the Agora Financial Symposium in Vancouver, I became aware that Americans enjoy some rights that Canadians do not: among them, the limited …
Mises Can Save the World
If they had listened to Mises in 1927, the world might have been saved. There would have been no Holocaust, Gulag, bombing of civilians, …
Bernanke: Drug Pusher
Real economic growth has slowed to stall, even according to the official data. What will the central bank do now? Ben Bernanke says,”the FOMC …
Floods of Fake Money
Vancouver is a wonderful place, a clean metropolitan city featuring both breathtaking scenery and fascinating diversity. The place is no longer cheap, a lesson …
Condo Crazy: Canadian Edition
I’m here in Vancouver for Agora’s Financial Symposium, where there will be plenty of discussion of booms, busts and stagnation. Watching BNN this morning, …
Business Begging for Life
Even in this seemingly permanent recession, government is intensifying its regulation, taxation and harassment of regular business people. Business pages are filling up with …
The Financial Fish Rots From the Top Down
In The Dark Knight Rises, a cruel strongman rallies the people of Gotham against the corruption of the elites, instituting a violent dictatorship in …