The Fast-Food Path to Skinny?
In Mao’s Great Leap forward of 1958, and then the Cultural Revolution of 1966 and following, millions suffered persecution and death. Collectivized land led …
Smartphone, Dumb Government
Google’s new Motorola unit had great ambitions to serve customers and keep dazzling us with ever more spectacular things that enhance our lives. After …
It’s Brutal Out There
The longer the recession goes on, the more people are catching on to incredible fictions we’ve been told for five years. The political class …
Can You Learn with a Gun to Your Head?
School is back and so is the grim reality that whatever the government touches, it wrecks. Government has done more than touch education, moreover; …
The 15 Best Videos on Commerce and Entrepreneurship
The web is packed with some of the greatest educational material on entrepreneurship and enterprise, material that didn’t exist a decade ago and is …
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 …
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 …