Afghanistan cannot succeed through forceful “nation-building”. Afghanistan’s route to prosperity will have to be a tough internal political evolution, and can only come through the market.
Posts Tagged ‘Government’
U.S. Postal Service: Another Government Failure
The postal service is yet another example of how government monopolies are inefficient.
Government Cannot Self-Regulate
Government cannot even handle itself.
Deforation is the Tyranny of Government
Deforestation requires governments to respect private property rights, and allow individuals to rightfully acquire and cultivate farmland.
Roosevelt’s Recession of 1937
Roosevelt’s Recession of 1937, which saw the unraveling of supposed economic growth in the prior years, is oftentimes used as an historical example of what occurs when government decreases spending levels or the central bank fails to continue credit expansion. The use of this event to exemplify these things is disingenuous. More accurate lessons can be drawn, which show that only the market can fix itself.
Haiti: Two Hundred Tragic Years
Haiti, in the long-term, needs a government which supports the free-market, property rights and entrepreneurship. In other words, Haiti needs to move towards liberty and laissez-faire, otherwise it will remain susceptible to continued tragedies.
Bill Clinton is a Moron
Bill Clinton might think that some races are less capable than others, but in reality all men are born equal. The ability to excel is limited only by the limitations imposed on that individual by government and himself.
A Spanish Entrepreneur vs. The State
The story of Pedro Permnyer and Francisco Bultó’s motorcycle manufacturing firm named Montesa.
Robert Higgs on “Death and Taxes”
Economist Robert Higgs on war, taxes and economic crises in a lecture for the Independent Institute.
Dan Mitchell: Deficits are Bad, but the Real Problem is Spending
Dan Mitchell’s new educational video on public deficit and government spending.
