Finally, my obsession comes to an end. For a full week, I’ve thought about not much else besides the economic concept of “marginal utility.” …

I’m at dinner and the hostess serves me pie for dessert. I gobble it up. Then the hostess says, “Would you like another piece?” …

That headline probably seems strange coming from me. I’ve been a champion of social media, and my book A Beautiful Anarchy has a chapter …

It began as a skirmish. Then it was a battle. It became a war. Now it is a bloody conflict that is global in …

In 2008, the American dream of homeownership turned into an incredible nightmare for millions. The government had been subsidizing this stuff for nearly a …

In 1894, a scraggly band of misfits made their way from Ohio to Washington, D.C. They had a plan to present to the political …

Where have all the workers gone? One of the most bizarre happenings in our current economic environment has been the surprising collapse of the …

My apologies for the sad tone of this piece, but a hero has fallen and we need to pay him tribute — and make …

AIG, the mega-insurer that was bailed out by the government in 2008, wants to sue the government. People’s automatic reaction: How terribly ungrateful! The …

The typical libertarian sees the world’s glass of water as half-empty. No wonder people avoid freedom lovers. While they tend to be smart and …

If you think of American wage-earners as swimmers, they were mostly underwater after 2008. Then last year, wages increased a bit. It was only …

It takes a shockingly long time for the masses of people to pick up on new realities. This is especially true if the new …

Less than 1% of the world’s gold is mined in India. The rest comes from somewhere else. Still, India can’t get enough. It is …

The great battle since 2008 has pitted the ghosts of F.A. Hayek against John Maynard Keynes. Team Keynes dictated the policies we know too …

What the home and mortgage market needs — and it will not recover until then — is a rebooting to current values. To do …

I am one of those people who has a seriously deficient sense of direction. In other words, I feel lost most of the time. …

The high priests of the civic religion are very worried that people no longer seem to trust government. The law stands discredited. Once-hallowed institutions …

Real estate, and the careers that depend upon it, is a boom-bust business in the age of inflation. The illusion of wealth is everywhere..until …

Those who take prosperity for granted — and all of us do whether we admit it or not — would do well to make …

Considering taking a job with the government? You might want to rethink that. The new survey from Partnership for Public Service paints an ugly …

Finally, after years of economic turmoil, of boom and bust in the global economy, the great Austrian Friedrich von Hayek (1899-1992) is making an …

One of the best features of the holidays is that many government offices are shut down. Peace on Earth, indeed. I’m travelling for the …

Interviewed by Louis James, Editor, International Speculator L: Doug, we’ve gotten a lot of follow-up questions to our conversation on currency controls. People want …

[Doug French is coauthor of this piece] A viral video from Australia, complete with a clever song and dance step, describes the many dumb …