The Cognitive Bias behind Anti–Price Gouging Laws
People often believe that price gouging is so obviously immoral that making it illegal is the equivalent of criminalizing theft. In their minds, sellers who drastically hike their prices after …
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Price Inflation Hit a New 40-Year High in February. No, It’s Not “Putin’s Fault.”
According to new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, price inflation in February rose to the highest level recorded in more than forty years. According to the Consumer Price …
Cantillon Effects: Why Inflation Helps Some and Hurts Others
We now turn our attention to what happens with an increase in the money supply, rather than an increase in savings. This is critically important. The mercantilist idea that increasing …
Mises, Kant, and Worker Exploitation
Most of my readers are likely to think that socialism is morally wrong in that it violates people’s rights; but in this week’s article, I’d like to discuss an argument by …
Avoiding Military Conscription Through Emigration: A Long and Common Tradition
In the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kiev government issued a decree that men between the ages of 18 and 60 were prohibited from leaving the …
Martial Law Was Not a Political Panacea for the Philippines
Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been making headlines lately as the presidential race in the Philippines runs ever closer towards the 2022 elections in May this year. On the local …
No, Inflation Is Not “Transitory,” and It Is Worse than the Government Admits
The inflation rates reported by governments are generally, at the very least, a little lower than they actually are. And the US government is not an exception. It makes the …
Why Putin Probably Hasn’t Doomed the Dollar
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the economic consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. What has been the damage from America’s weaponization of …
Behind Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum, and the Great Reset: Part 3
Bob continues his series on Klaus Schwab and the Great Reset, highlighting an interesting remark in Biden’s SOTU, Strobe Talbott’s open support for global government, and the introduction to Schwab’s …
Report from Canada: The Regime Is Lying about the Truckers
Here in Canada, the trucker protesters (and their supporters) have been civil and maintained the usual Canadian niceness. This civility has not been reciprocated by the political class. Original Article: …