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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 …
Laissez-Faire Today
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …