Review: Chaining Down Leviathan: The American Dream of Self-Government, 1776–1865
How is it that America became a “strong but limited” government, and the world’s richest and most free country? That is the central question both considered and answered by Luigi Marco Bassani in his new work, Chaining Down Leviathan: The
Even the Fed Thinks Current Debt Levels Are Unsustainable
A few months ago US national debt exceeded $28 trillion. This number is certainly the one economists usually work with, but does this figure capture a long-term perspective? In March 2021, the Department of the Treasury published the 2020 Financial Report of
Ulrich Möller: The Video Game Industry Points to the Future of Organization Design
Austrian economics has a lot to say about how to organize firms for maximum value generation. Austrian principles point to the delegation of entrepreneurial judgement to the front-line employees who interact directly with those who actually create value: users. The military
An End to the Bizarre CDC Rent Moratorium
The “transitory” inflation swamping the country has stubbornly persisted into July. Producer prices posted a second straight 1 percent month-over-month increase, which brought the full-year number to a record 7.8 percent. Twelve-month US export prices rose 17.2 percent, and nearly 22 percent
How to Use Democracy To Deny Human Rights
“You gather the idea that Mauritius was made first, and then heaven; and that heaven was copied after Mauritius.”– Mark Twain Since its rebirth as an independent state in 1968, this paradisaic island has been touted as a paragon of democratic
Some Conservatives Still Pine for the Good Ol’ Days of Cannabis Prohibition
Aron Ravine, a self-described “nudnik,” who writes for National Review thinks so and I suspect others do as well. This thinking, however, is that of an ever-shrinking minority and it is hard to imagine the pro-legalization trend being reversed. Nevertheless, let’s
The Afghanistan Crisis 2021: An Afghan Perspective
The U.S. President, Joe Biden, during his public address on 22nd August, asserted in a heartbeat that while the suffering of Afghans is “heart-breaking”, the U.S. decision to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, was undoubtedly a “logical, rational and right
The Long Farewell- Spoils of the War
The Theory of Reverse Strategy and The Lease On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite. A wise man
As the Political Divide Grows, It Makes Sense to Redraw State Boundaries
In the coming decade of heightened political tension, cartographers may have to make serious adjustments to the borders of several American states. The American Left's desire to micromanage activities ranging from people being able to defend themselves to relying on cheap,
Happy Hour May Be Getting a Little Happier
“It’s five o’clock somewhere,” so the song and the story go. This phrase is used by those wishing to justify drinking alcohol at some point during the day instead of waiting until the usual evening hours. But a happy hour is