A Speech I gave over 19 years ago…
Still reads well: “Why Socialism Collapsed in Eastern Europe” (I gave it as a lecture at a Cato University summer seminar on political economy in California during the summer of…
Economic Insights
Sliding or Plummeting toward Statism?
David Boaz in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: “When government slippery slope goes vertical“
Norberg on the Financial Crisis…. GREAT!!
Among the many books I read during my recent travels, I strongly recommend Johan Norberg’s truly excellent diagnosis of (and prescriptions for) the financial crisis: Financial Fiasco: How America’s Infatuation…
My talk in Oxford on “Anarchism, Limited Government, and Liberalism: A Modest Case for Sacking the State”
Tom Palmer – “Anarchism, Limited Government & Liberalism: A Modest Case for Sacking the State” from oxford libertarian on Vimeo. It was a rather informal chat that covered a number…
Go, Georgia, Go! Limit the State!
EurasiaNet.org: GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI WANTS TBILISI TO BECOME “GOVERNMENT-LITE” Ilia Chavchavadze The Georgian leader used a reference to a national cultural icon, the revered 19th century novelist Ilia Chavchavadze, to sway…
Crony Capitalism….It’s Not Just for Malaysians or Singaporeans!
Russell Roberts on NPR: “As Goldman Gloats, What Does It Matter For Us?” Russell is too much of a gentleman to point out the large number of Goldman cronies who…
The Egypt Audit
I got in last night from Cairo to Vienna, after a successful Egypt Audit program, in cooperation with the Fraser Institute and the IDSC of Egypt. The Egypt Audit applied…
Some Thoughts on Health Care “Reform”
Everyone labels their proposals “reform,” which is an empty label. You can’t be “for” or “against” reform until you know what the reform is (unless you’re 100% satisfied with the…
He Kinda Doesn’t Get It
James Fallows in The Atlantic: “FT, Economist, and me” I’ll post a response later (gotta rush to a meeting now), but it will be fun to show how he has…