The Beauty of Private Property — from China?
A farmer in the communist collective of Xiaogang, a small village in eastern China, was starving, along with his family and his neighbors....
Economic Commentary
Obamacare, Price Controls, and Theft
With the announcement by Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, that Trustmark...
First, Borders; Then, Kodak; Now, Barnes & Noble?
When Barnes & Noble announced its awful earnings per share losses on Thursday, it...
Free Market Thinking Inside the Van
Inside the Lucky Dragon van sitting by the curb at the Chinese consulate in...
The Good News: The Bad News Isn’t All Bad
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul noted on Tuesday that efforts to rein in government spending...
Whirlpool Wants Gov’t to Force Consumers to Pay More
One of the ways that Whirlpool Corporation celebrated its 100th anniversary last year was...
Capitalism, Socialism, & Christianity
One of the most erroneous and harmful ideas of our time is the notion...
China Finds “Rare Earth” Monopoly Losing Money
China is the largest producer of rare earth elements, or “rare earths, “which are...
Latest Housing Numbers May be an Aberration
The spate of good news about the economy, headed up by the National Association...
Do Sears, K-Mart Closings Foreshadow Retail Trend?
Following a less-than-spectacular holiday shopping season, two 20th century mainstays of America’s retailing culture...
Keynesian Economists Rip Obama for Failed Keynesian Policies
The results of a survey by the Associated Press of 36 Keynesian economists —...
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Thanks to Market Innovation Americans Live Better for Less
According to economist Mark J. Perry a consumer doing some Christmas shopping in December...
Is the Economy Slowly Gaining Momentum?
Zachary Karabell, writing at The Daily Beast on Thursday, claimed that the latest numbers...
Gresham’s Law at Work: Pennies and Nickels Are Disappearing
When Kyle Bass defended his decision on BBC Radio Hard Talk on November 17th to...
Dependency on Government Continues to Grow
Conservative economist Robert Higgs' (pictured at left) warnings about the Heritage Foundation’s Index of...
The Story Behind the Best- and Worst-Run States
In its second annual survey of the best- and worst-run states, 24/7 Wall St....
House Republicans Pass Anti-regulation Bill to Save Jobs
House Republicans, accelerating efforts to combat the frenetic influx of federal regulations that continue...
Likely Collapse of the Euro Leads to Second Amendment Lessons
As the economic crisis in the European Union grows day by day, there is...
Cornell Professor Wants to End Black Friday Madness by Taxing It
On the lookout for perceived injustices in the marketplace, Cornell University professor Robert Frank...
OWS Black Friday Protest Flops; Group Costs Taxpayers at Least $13 Million So Far
The ballyhooed Black Friday protest suggested by the leaders at Occupy Wall Street failed,...
