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New York City Subways: The Woes of Socialist Enterprises

Big GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationSocialism

Blog09/01/2022

New York City’s subways have become a nightmare, with rampant crime, delays, derailments, and poorly capitalized. This is a gift from "backdoor socialism."

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America's Secret Government by Proxy

Big GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationStrategy

Blog09/01/2022

While we often concentrate on government agents' antiliberty actions, it is easy to overlook the shadow government of private business firms and NGOs that do the government's bidding.

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Biden's Student Loan Scheme Benefits the Ruling Class (Again)

Big GovernmentEconomic PolicyTaxes and Spending

Blog08/29/2022

With a declaration of a fake crisis and twisting an obscure law, President Joe Biden has invoked a massive wealth transfer that benefits the most privileged people in our society.

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AB 257: Another Antieconomic California Boondoggle

Big GovernmentLabor and WagesLegal System

Blog08/17/2022

Not satisfied with putting thousands of people out of work with its infamous AB 5 legislation, California lawmakers now are going after fast-food businesses.

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Exponential Growth or State-Powered Stagnation: What Will Be Our Future?

Big GovernmentEconomic FreedomEconomic PolicyFree Markets

Blog08/03/2022

There is a future of capitalism with higher living standards for all. Then there is the alternative: state-directed economic stagnation and runaway inflation.

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A Political Victory for the Joes Is a Loss for the Country

Big GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismInflationPrice Controls

Blog08/01/2022

Sen. Joe Manchin has agreed to support a "Build Back Better" lite that proponents claim will reduce inflation, give us better weather, and "pay for itself" through price controls and taxes. Perhaps we should be wary of such political "victories" for the political elites.

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The Great Reset at Work: The Dystopian Transformation of the Food Industry

Big GovernmentGlobal EconomyProgressivismSocialism

Blog08/01/2022

Fresh off destroying the agricultural economy of Sri Lanka, the Great Reset crowd now is urging people to eat insects in order to combat the food shortages that the self-appointed elites have caused.

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Austrians vs. Neoclassicists on Monopolies

Big GovernmentFree MarketsMonopoly and Competition

Blog07/28/2022

Neoclassical economists have a rigid view of monopoly producers. Austrians recognize that the only monopolies that create problems have been nurtured by government intervention.

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Jamaica's Experience Shows That Even Draconian Gun Control Will Not Stop Gun Violence

Big GovernmentProgressivismThe Police State

Blog06/17/2022

In the wake of mass shootings, progressives claim that draconian gun laws will stop these tragic events. However, the gun control record in places like Jamaica provides contrary evidence.

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