EconLog by Author and Letter

Pierre Lemieux

The Vice President Meets the Pope

Economic and Political Philosophy Apr 23 2025

Of ChatGPT’s Sense of Humor

Economic History Apr 21 2025

Why Hold Laws As Binding On the Rulers

Political Economy Apr 19 2025

The Government You Wished For

Economic and Political Philosophy Apr 18 2025

Incoherence, Grand Plans, and Politicians' Self-Interest

Political Economy Apr 14 2025

The Trade Derangement Syndrome

International Trade Apr 11 2025

The Ugliness of the Great Protectionist State

Free Markets Apr 6 2025

A Silver Lining, but...

Free Markets Apr 4 2025

To Lie or Not To Lie: Moral and Economic Reasons

Incentives Apr 2 2025

It Is Basically Holistically Intuitive

International Trade Mar 31 2025

The Strangers Who Live Among You

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 27 2025

TikTok: Godot, Absurd Politics, and Knaves

Free Markets Mar 25 2025

The Justice of (Classical) Liberal Anarchy

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 23 2025

One Requirement of the Rule of Law

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 21 2025

A Proposed Amendment to David Hume

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 18 2025

The Obvious Superiority of Collective Choices?

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 16 2025

Where Are the “Free Market Advocates”?

Free Markets Mar 13 2025

Organized Hatred From Above

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 11 2025

Firms Moving to the US Pay a Tariff Equivalent

Business Economics Mar 9 2025

Unshackling the Shackled Leviathan

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 5 2025

Repeating a Historical Experience of Autarky?

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 4 2025

Aluminum, Economics, and Liberty

Free Markets Feb 28 2025

Where is H.L. Mencken When We Need Him?

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 25 2025

Scientists Are Often Ignorant

Central Planning Feb 24 2025

The Basic Error About International Trade

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 19 2025

The Left and the Right: A Non-Mysterious Puzzle

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 18 2025

Price Increases and Possible Consequences

Money and Inflation Feb 14 2025

Environmental Justice and Some Other Funny Stuff

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 10 2025

Where We Want to Go As A Society

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 8 2025

The Elementary Economics of Tariffs and Protectionism

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 2 2025

L.A. Fires: Consumers Are Price Gougers

Microeconomics Jan 30 2025

My First “Conversation” With DeepSeek

Liberty Jan 29 2025

Politics Feeds Mounting Discontent and Hatred

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 25 2025

Not Enough “Political Will,” but What Is That?

Political Economy Jan 24 2025

The Peaceful Transfer of Power: A Few Reflections

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 20 2025

Government Junk Fees

Political Economy Jan 18 2025

Businessmen: From Free Traders to Vile Courtiers?

Economic History Jan 13 2025

Politics, the Military, and the Sagittarius A* Black Hole

Political Economy Jan 8 2025

The Beauty of Trade, Again

Entrepreneurship Jan 5 2025

A Dangerous Pass in 2025 and Beyond

Liberty Dec 31 2024

Mind Fog Revealed by the Murder of Brian Thompson

Economics of Health Care Dec 26 2024

Did Your Suppliers Order You to Do Something for Christmas?

Economic and Political Philosophy Dec 24 2024

A Rewrite of a Famous Mencken Aphorism on Democracy

Political Economy Dec 23 2024

Knowing Everything There Is To Know

Economic and Political Philosophy Dec 22 2024

Did Taylor Swift "Juice the Economy"?

Free Markets Dec 16 2024

What Is Kakistocracy?

Institutional Economics Dec 12 2024

Synecdoche, Bullets, and Politics

Media Watch Dec 10 2024

The Self-Government of the People

Economic and Political Philosophy Dec 5 2024

Notre-Dame: Private Financing of a "Public Good"

Political Economy Dec 3 2024

Some Aspects of Economic Illiteracy

Economic Education Nov 30 2024

Are Chatbots Willing to Lie for the President?

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 28 2024

One Way to Defend Populism

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 26 2024

Mississippi, Vietnam, and Human Decency

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 22 2024

My Chat on Stakeholders With an AI Bot

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 21 2024

Fifty Percent Plus One Is Not a License to Kill

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 15 2024

Is the Rule of Law Sacred?

Institutional Economics Nov 8 2024

An Interesting Political Phenomenon

Free Markets Nov 6 2024

A Few Things Lumber Tells Us About the World

Economic History Nov 3 2024

Remunerations Determined by Markets or Politics?

Free Markets Oct 29 2024

Cultures

Economics and Culture Oct 23 2024

Mortal Ignorance of Methodological Individualism

Incentives Oct 18 2024

War and the Economic Concept of Substitution

Microeconomics Oct 15 2024

A Societal Nobel Prize in Economics

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 14 2024

Is AI Dumber than a Cat? Some Related Points

Central Planning Oct 13 2024

The Myth of the Lacking “State Capacity”

Political Economy Oct 9 2024

The Dictator's Incentives and Trade-Offs

Incentives Oct 5 2024

“Here, We Sell Local”: Collectivist or Tribal Protectionism

Free Markets Oct 1 2024

D’Argenson’s Injunction to the State, Deep or Shallow

Free Markets Sep 27 2024

Taking Sides Between Potential and Current Homeowners

Income and Wealth distribution Sep 26 2024

From the Middle Ages to Today’s Libertarian Tent?

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Sep 24 2024

Hearing Aids in AirPods

Political Economy Sep 22 2024

The Arbitrary "Interests of the United States"

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Sep 14 2024

Basic Data on Federal Finances

Fiscal Policy Sep 10 2024

The Rise of the Plantation State

Free Markets Sep 5 2024

Selling One’s Support to the Adversary State

Economic and Political Philosophy Sep 1 2024

Are Price-Gouging Laws Communist?

Economic and Political Philosophy Aug 29 2024

Ignoring Probability Theory Is Dangerous

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Aug 26 2024

Research Questions About the Two Sexes

Labor Market Aug 21 2024

Gullibility

Media Watch Aug 19 2024

A Little Economics of Living and Dying

Economic Growth Aug 12 2024

Terrorism as “the Essence of Government”

Political Economy Aug 9 2024

Deliver Us From Love

Free Markets Aug 5 2024

Some Private Financing of Public Goods

Entrepreneurship Aug 1 2024

Residential Generators and Life in Society

Political Economy Jul 26 2024

Flaws in the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 24 2024

A Culture of Individual Dignity

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 21 2024

Contrarian Ideas on the Administrative or Whimsical State

Political Economy Jul 18 2024

Can We Meaningfully Speak of Bubble Gum "Inflation"?

Media Watch Jul 14 2024

The Problem of Collective Action: An Illustration in Education

Economics of Education Jul 11 2024

What Does It Mean to Govern?

Institutional Economics Jul 6 2024

Mythology and the Reality of Democracy: An Illustration

Cross-country Comparisons Jul 4 2024

The Surreal Surgeon General and Public Health

Political Economy Jun 30 2024

Dictatorship Doesn’t Promote Prosperity

Cross-country Comparisons Jun 25 2024

Does a Price Decrease Fuel Deflation?

Cross-country Comparisons Jun 23 2024

The French, the Americans, and the Plague of Politics

Cross-country Comparisons Jun 20 2024

The Problem With AI Is the Word "Intelligence"

Finance Jun 19 2024

The Possibility of Despotism in America

Political Economy Jun 16 2024

Reflections on Flags and "Flag Day"

Political Economy Jun 14 2024

D-Day and the Naïve Conception of Democracy

Political Economy Jun 11 2024

A Quiet Belief in Authoritarian Values

Competition Jun 8 2024

The Guru Whom Politicos in the West Are Scared of

Liberty May 25 2024

What Do They Think Politics Is?

Economic and Political Philosophy May 22 2024

Are You a Product?

Economic and Political Philosophy May 19 2024

The War on Prices

Money and Inflation May 15 2024

The Alchemy of Military Expenditure

Media Watch May 14 2024

Biden Is Really Trump 2.0, Not Surprisingly

International Trade May 11 2024

Disinformation Exists and Is Dangerous

Incentives May 10 2024

Keeping a Safe Distance From Policymakers

Media Watch May 5 2024

Armed Men on Campus!

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 2 2024

“Unelected Officials” Are Convenient Scapegoats

Political Economy May 1 2024

The Economist's Irrational Fear

Incentives Apr 28 2024

Factoid and Ideas: King's Horses Amok in London

Economic and Political Philosophy Apr 24 2024

Is Politics Immoral? Meet Princess Mathilde

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 24 2024

Human Costs, Animal Costs, and Economic Costs

Economic Methods Apr 21 2024

There Is Politician's Talk and Politician's Talk

Political Economy Apr 19 2024

Prisoner's Dilemma: A Simple Model of War

Game Theory Apr 17 2024

Religious Incentives and Life in Society

Violence and War Apr 13 2024

Some Lessons from a Just War Fought Unjustly

Political Economy Apr 10 2024

Public Choice vs. Homo Politicus

Media Watch Apr 7 2024

The Farce of Clean Energy Dumping

Energy, Environment, Resources Apr 1 2024

Governing and the Rule of Law

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 28 2024

Simple Economic Ideas About Choice

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 25 2024

Somebody Has to Pay: No Way Around That

Business Economics Mar 21 2024

Of Education and Spurious Scholarly Journals

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 19 2024

Against the State and Its "Public Goods"

Free Markets Mar 14 2024

From the Fourth Millennium, A Tale for Libertarians

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 12 2024

Democratic Choice Between Beer and Wine

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 8 2024

Adam Smith and Anthony de Jasay (With ChatGPT 4)

Adam Smith Mar 7 2024

The EU Government's Extortion Against Apple

Competition Mar 5 2024

AI Bots Parrot Dominant Opinions and Biases

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 2 2024

A Dangerous Philosophical Confusion

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 28 2024

An AI Chatbot Hallucinates about DEI. Its Trainers Intervene

Adam Smith Feb 24 2024

A Czar to “Level the Price Playing Field”?

Free Markets Feb 20 2024

For Those “Ready to Serve,” There’s McDonald’s

Liberty Feb 16 2024

The Logic of Apocryphal Quotes

Media Watch Feb 14 2024

A Strange Ignorance of the Effect of Price Caps

Political Economy Feb 12 2024

Working For Some Citizens Against Others

Political Economy Feb 8 2024

SGZ as a Recipe for Economic Growth

Economic Growth Feb 3 2024

What GDP Figures Do Not Reveal

Economic Growth Feb 2 2024

Many of Us at Some Point Did Something

Economics of Crime Jan 28 2024

"Rightsism," Free Speech, and Freedom of Action

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 25 2024

Let Them Regulate

Free Markets Jan 24 2024

Invalid Argument in a WSJ Editorial

Media Watch Jan 20 2024

Mr. Trump, Meet Princess Mathilde

Liberty Jan 18 2024

Economic Inequality: Big, Bad, and Growing

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jan 15 2024

Not Easy to Escape the Reigning Clichéd Orthodoxy

Liberty Jan 11 2024

Was Trump a Deregulator? Look at the Data

Regulation Jan 9 2024

Does the Prince Inject Money in the Economy?

Economic Growth Jan 7 2024

The Unbearable Lightness of Collectivism

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 4 2024

Effective Altruism as a New Year’s Resolution?

Cost-benefit Analysis Jan 1 2024

DEI: Effect of Coercion to Combat Discrimination

Economic and Political Philosophy Dec 28 2023

Free Gifts Do Not Exist (and Merry Christmas!)

Microeconomics Dec 24 2023

The Problem of Social Choice (in 700 Words)

Economic and Political Philosophy Dec 22 2023

A Man Has Got to Do What a Man Has Got to Do

Moral Reasoning Dec 17 2023

Methodological Individualism and the Hamas Ruler

Austrian Economics Dec 14 2023

The Swedish Government Should Respect Tesla

Economic and Political Philosophy Dec 11 2023

Economics Is Useful to Escape Blobby Ideas

Media Watch Dec 10 2023

Angelina Jolie, Sustainability, and Free Exchange

Liberty Dec 6 2023

Profits Drive Inflation If No Consumer Resistance?

Business Economics Dec 3 2023

What Is a Card-Carrying Progressive To Do?

Free Markets Nov 28 2023

The Probability of Despotism Is Not Zero

Political Economy Nov 26 2023

Is It True that the State Produces Nothing?

Microeconomics Nov 24 2023

Politics, Anarchy: What We Know (Nearly for Sure)

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 21 2023

Three Recommendations for Javier Milei

Liberty Nov 20 2023

The Danger of Fairness

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 18 2023

Prediction Markets: The Statocrats' Fears

Political Economy Nov 15 2023

Another Case of Sunk Cost (My Own)

Microeconomics Nov 12 2023

The Enduring Lure of (Democratic) Socialism

Central Planning Nov 9 2023

What In Heaven's Name Is the Public Interest?

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 7 2023

Moral Principles as a Good Strategy

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 4 2023

Reflections on the Lewiston (Maine) Mass Shooting

Economic and Political Philosophy Oct 28 2023

If Gazans Were Called "Hamassians" Instead...

Moral Reasoning Oct 27 2023

Prisoner’s Dilemma: A Current Application

Economic Methods Oct 22 2023

Which Rulers Are More Likely to Lie?

Incentives Oct 19 2023

Middle East: Some Background Reading(s)

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 15 2023

“Regulated, Mild and Peaceful” Servitude

Political Economy Oct 11 2023

A Political Ruler’s “Absolute Immunity”

Economic and Political Philosophy Oct 8 2023

The Scientist as a Learned Ignoramus

Political Economy Oct 4 2023

The Antitrust Circus of FTC v. Amazon

Business Economics Oct 2 2023

The Arbitrariness of the "Public Interest"

Free Markets Oct 1 2023

Trustbusters in Wonderland

Competition Sep 27 2023

Bidenology and Mythical American Inequality

Political Economy Sep 26 2023

Nozick: Democracy as Collective Liberty

Liberty Sep 25 2023

Rizzo, Mises, and the Pain of Writing

Austrian Economics Sep 23 2023

Forgotten Lessons of Zoning Versus Markets

Free Markets Sep 19 2023

Green Protectionism While the Earth Is Burning?

Economic and Political Philosophy Sep 16 2023

Dani Rodrik, Forerunner of Mounting Tyranny

Free Markets Sep 13 2023

Political Economy in Half a Lesson

Adam Smith Sep 10 2023

Murray Rothbard in the Financial Times

Austrian Economics Sep 7 2023

In Politics, Anything Can Happen

Political Economy Sep 4 2023

Group Identity: Friedrich Hayek’s Scary Warning

Liberty Sep 1 2023

Something Absurd in Anti-Discrimination Laws

Political Economy Aug 28 2023

Spooner and De Jasay about Trump's Indictement

Political Economy Aug 26 2023

"You Belong," But To What or To Whom?

Economic and Political Philosophy Aug 24 2023

Show Me the Man and I’ll Find You the Crime

Law and Economics Aug 18 2023

The Simple Economics of Public Toilets

Entrepreneurship Aug 16 2023

Other Thoughts on the “Gender Pay Gap”

Political Economy Aug 13 2023

Oil and the Ruler’s Benevolent Omnipotence

Economic and Political Philosophy Aug 9 2023

Workers' Lives during the Industrial Revolution

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Aug 8 2023

Price of College Studies Is Quite Reasonable

Economics of Education Aug 5 2023

How to Teach Non-Economics

Economic Education Aug 3 2023

Confusion May Lead to Contradictions

Media Watch Jul 29 2023

Dictatorship: A Matter of Incentives

Political Economy Jul 27 2023

Bidenomics and Illusions of Numerical Democracy

Political Economy Jul 23 2023

Anthropocene: Three Economic Thoughts

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 17 2023

Shells and Casings: A Systemic Media Problem

Media Watch Jul 13 2023

With Some Economics, There Is a Good Future

Media Watch Jul 12 2023

Climate Mitigation: Individuals Are Not Plants

Economic Methods Jul 10 2023

Beyoncinflation, Wageflation, or Stoneflation?

Media Watch Jul 7 2023

Forced or Forbidden Discrimination: Why Not Laissez-Faire?

Political Economy Jul 4 2023

The Public-Choice Dimension of a 2017 Tax Grab

Public Choice Theory Jun 28 2023

Economic Views on the Tourist Submersible Accident

Economic and Political Philosophy Jun 23 2023

The Reign of Homo Politicus Perfectus

Competition Jun 22 2023

Meaningless Political Speech and Juneteenth

Political Economy Jun 19 2023

Nobody Saw a Man Descend From an Ape

Education Jun 15 2023

The Poverty of Mushy Environmentalism

Economic Growth Jun 13 2023

How to “Run the Economy” is a Loaded Question

Economic and Political Philosophy Jun 11 2023

Governments Don't Like (Poorer) Crime Victims

Economic and Political Philosophy Jun 8 2023

Elon Musk, Edward Luce, and Libertarianism

Media Watch Jun 5 2023

Are Republicans Discovering the Limits of Markets?

Free Markets Jun 3 2023

The (Gist of the) Law of Demand in One Lesson

Media Watch May 30 2023

Mutilations of the Fashionable Sort

Economic History May 23 2023

Political Competition: Real Race to the Bottom

Political Economy May 21 2023

P.S. on the Leisure of Keynes’s "Grandchildren"

Austrian Economics May 20 2023

A Comparative Advantage for Violence

Violence and War May 17 2023

Considering Sunk Costs in Decision-Making

Business Economics May 14 2023

Free Trade Agreements Revisited

Economic and Political Philosophy May 9 2023

Harari and the Danger of Artificial Intelligence

Political Economy May 6 2023

Not Very Sophisticated Thinking About Inflation

Media Watch May 3 2023

Hayek's Critique of Unlimited Democracy

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 2 2023

What Does “Marginalized Group” Mean?

Media Watch Apr 30 2023

Should Russia Be Protected Against Imports?

Political Economy Apr 28 2023

Some Questions on the Intriguing Twentieth Century

Economic Growth Apr 24 2023

A Socialist Judge Is a Contradiction in Terms

Law and Economics Apr 19 2023

The Significance of Botched Industrial Revolutions

Economic Growth Apr 16 2023

Diversity and Transgenderism in School Athletics

Political Economy Apr 10 2023

The Rule of Law and the Proliferation of Laws

Institutional Economics Apr 5 2023

Stewards of the Earth for Whom? And Theological Musings

Political Economy Apr 1 2023

Which is Better, More or Fewer People?

Energy, Environment, Resources Mar 30 2023

The Story of Ray Epps and the Mob

Political Economy Mar 27 2023

Prosecution of War Crimes: A Sign of Civilization

Violence and War Mar 21 2023

Is the Future of America Related to Paris Garbage?

Political Economy Mar 18 2023

Forward to the Past: US Regulators Top European Ones

Regulation Mar 15 2023

Usefulness of a Non-Lying Strategy: Two Examples

Economics of Crime Mar 12 2023

Budget: The Financial Times's Sloppiness

Economic Education Mar 10 2023

The Most Troubling in Mr. Murdoch’s Deposition

Education Mar 8 2023

Is the State Discriminatory by Definition?

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 4 2023

Stick Shift or Automatic: Subjective Preferences

Free Markets Mar 2 2023

Ratting on a Brewer of Non-Water-Tasting Beer?

Microeconomics Feb 26 2023

Man Is an Animal Who Says "I", and Trades

Adam Smith Feb 25 2023

Together, My People!

Liberty Feb 23 2023

The Universal Paradigm of Limited Resources

Central Planning Feb 18 2023

Did I Make an Anarcho-Capitalist out of ChatGPT?

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 14 2023

ChatGPT and Economic Planning

Political Economy Feb 9 2023

The Protectionist Beauty of Trade Embargoes

Adam Smith Feb 7 2023

Thaumaturgic Politicians

Political Economy Feb 6 2023

The Victimized Consumer

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 2 2023

Political Mythology at the California Bar

Political Economy Jan 30 2023

Burning the Koran

Liberty Jan 26 2023

A Very Short Reflection on Pacifism

Political Economy Jan 18 2023

Can Demand "Self-Destruct"?

Microeconomics Jan 17 2023

The “True Remedy” for Slavery

Economic History Jan 16 2023

At Least Four Reasons to Learn Economics

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 13 2023

Some UFO Political Economy

Liberty Jan 7 2023

The Ugly Face of Nationalism

Liberty Jan 6 2023

The Social Contract in The Reason of Rules

Liberty Jan 3 2023

Tradition or Change as Wish for 2023 (and Beyond)

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 1 2023

Why Are Governments So Myopic?

Incentives Dec 29 2022

Merry Commercial Christmas!

Economic Growth Dec 23 2022

Trump’s Tax Returns: Quick Reflections

Economic and Political Philosophy Dec 22 2022

The "Citizens" as Children or Bullies

Liberty Dec 17 2022

Did Iran Really Execute Mohsen Shekari?

Economic and Political Philosophy Dec 12 2022

Cartoonish Putinist Economics

Politics and Economics Dec 10 2022

Industrial Policy Is Attenuated Central Planning

Central Planning Dec 6 2022

Political-Economic Reflections on the New Wars

Political Economy Dec 3 2022

Fearing Leviathans With Feet of Clay

Cross-country Comparisons Nov 29 2022

Tocqueville on Lawyers and Liberty

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 27 2022

The Eccentric Entrepreneur’s Venture

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 25 2022

Natural Gas and American Left-Populism

Free Markets Nov 20 2022

The Beauty of Gridlock

Political Economy Nov 17 2022

The Incredible Conceit of the State

Political Economy Nov 16 2022

Newspeak and Doubleplusgood Duckspeakers

Economics and Culture Nov 14 2022

Politicians' Self-Interest and Dishonesty

Liberty Nov 11 2022

Sorry, But Your Vote Doesn't Count

Politics and Economics Nov 6 2022

Proud Ignorance and the Possibility of a Free Society

Political Economy Nov 5 2022

In Defense of the Nation-State

Political Economy Nov 1 2022

Taking Over the Economy

Economics and Culture Oct 25 2022

Supply Down, Price Capped, Then What?

Free Markets Oct 24 2022

Liz Truss and Libertarianism

Economic and Political Philosophy Oct 23 2022

Guns and Butter

College Economics Topics Oct 21 2022

Identity Politics on the Right Too

Economic and Political Philosophy Oct 17 2022

A Despot Needs Democratic Support

Political Economy Oct 16 2022

A Different Way of Thinking

Economic and Political Philosophy Oct 15 2022

Two Economic Facts and One Obfuscation

Foreign Policy Oct 10 2022

Not Yet the End of History

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 8 2022

Conquer, Kill, Loot, If You Like It

Liberty Oct 4 2022

Two Important Points on GDP and Economic Growth

Economic Growth Oct 3 2022

Hong Kong and John Cowperthwaite

Cross-country Comparisons Oct 1 2022

World Bank President Gets a Taste of “Science”

Economic Growth Sep 28 2022

What Selling Cars Suggests About a Free Society

Competition Sep 23 2022

Jones Act: A Great Protectionist Success

Political Economy Sep 18 2022

It Looks Like Putin Cannot Lose

Central Planning Sep 16 2022

Inflation: Why Didn’t We Think of That Before?

Free Markets Sep 12 2022

Long Live the King (My President)!

Economic and Political Philosophy Sep 11 2022

Sociology as Useless as "Naturology"

Economic Methods Sep 10 2022

The Scourge of Rent Control

Free Markets Sep 5 2022

The Right of Revolution

Liberty Sep 3 2022

Inquisitions for Good Reasons

Liberty Aug 29 2022

Affidavit: NYT, WSJ, Other Criteria

Cost-benefit Analysis Aug 28 2022

Left and Right More Similar, in Hate Too

Free Markets Aug 25 2022

Trade-off: The Statocrats’ Revealed Preference

Energy, Environment, Resources Aug 24 2022

Political Economy of the Alex-Joneses

Incentives Aug 21 2022

Two Lessons of the War in Ukraine

Liberty Aug 17 2022

Models of the State: The Economist Sees Red

Liberty Aug 14 2022

The Search of Trump’s Home + the 5th Amendment

Law and Economics Aug 10 2022

Economic Reflections on Abortion

Liberty Aug 8 2022

We Always Buy Local and the Contrary

Politics and Economics Aug 5 2022

You Don’t Want it If You Don’t Get it

Free Markets Aug 4 2022

People Before Profits or the Converse?

Economic and Political Philosophy Aug 2 2022

Kissinger’s Vision of Society

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 31 2022

Poor Altruistic Statocrats Who Have So Little Power!

Political Economy Jul 26 2022

Efficient and Inefficient Rationing

Free Markets Jul 25 2022

Consumer Sovereignty or Producer Sovereignty?

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 24 2022

The Habit of Criticism and Truth

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 21 2022

Critical Race Theory in Schools

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 18 2022

Populist Rulers Cannot Lose Elections

Politics and Economics Jul 16 2022

“Shortage” of Dijon Mustard and Supply Chains

Microeconomics Jul 15 2022

Schumpeter's Most Famous Book

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jul 12 2022

Government Externalities and the Friedman Criterion

Government Growth Jul 10 2022

Child Care: Massive Benefit for “the Economy”?

Family Economics Jul 8 2022

Gut Feelings

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 5 2022

Intelligent Reply from the US Oil & Gas Association

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 4 2022

The Authoritarian "Thought of Xi Jinping"

Central Planning Jul 3 2022

Can the State Care About People’s Lives?

Political Economy Jul 1 2022

The Peculiar Logic of Collectivist-Speak

Political Economy Jun 30 2022

Second Amendment: Beyond Politics or Against Politics?

Economic and Political Philosophy Jun 25 2022

Slippery Slopes Exist: The Case of No-Fly Lists

Political Economy Jun 23 2022

Biden's Short-termism Not Surprising

Central Planning Jun 18 2022

The EU Government Looks to a Beacon of Protectionism

Free Markets Jun 13 2022

Bolsonaro and Trump: Are Elections Important?

Liberty Jun 11 2022

Questions About Tolerance

Microeconomics Jun 8 2022

Abortion: Walmart, Lowe’s, and Your Oil Deliveries

Business Economics Jun 6 2022

Illegal Meals and de Jasay’s Model of the State

History of Economic Thought Jun 3 2022

Data: Don't Get Your Hopes Too High

Economic Education Jun 1 2022

Neglecting Prices Is a Big Analytical Error

Price Theory May 29 2022

What the Economy of a Just War Should Be

Liberty May 27 2022

Is Government Inefficiency Desirable?

Politics and Economics May 25 2022

How Londoners Survive Without a Food Czar

Central Planning May 23 2022

Confusion about Energy Prices and Inflation

Microeconomics May 17 2022

"Illegal Birthday Party": Neoliberalism, For Sure

Liberty May 12 2022

How Could Inflation Ever Be Stopped?

Media Watch May 11 2022

Do all Miami Locals Have the Same Interests?

Media Watch May 11 2022

Women's Own Bodies

Moral Reasoning May 9 2022

No More Shortage of Labor Than of Diamonds

Labor Market May 7 2022

Identity Politics in Politics

Politics and Economics May 4 2022

At Least Three False Ideas in One Story

International Trade May 1 2022

Think Correctly or the State Will Punish You

Economic and Political Philosophy Apr 24 2022

Friendly Advice to Journalists and their Editors

Media Watch Apr 23 2022

Mandated Work Hours: A Bad Idea

Labor Market Apr 21 2022

Gasoline Prices and the Primitive Man (and Woman)

Entrepreneurship Apr 14 2022

Starbucks Vs. a Woke Brigade?

Labor Market Apr 13 2022

Strange Unanchored Pragmatism

Political Economy Apr 13 2022

Only One Way to Be "President of All Syldavians"

Political Economy Apr 11 2022

No Shortage of Labor for Walmart

Free Markets Apr 10 2022

Three Meanings of “Liberal Democracy”

Economic and Political Philosophy Apr 5 2022

Socialist Judge: A Contradiction in Terms

Institutional Economics Apr 4 2022

Exchange as the Basis of Everything Social

Political Economy Apr 1 2022

Is There a Swing of the Pendulum?

Economic Methods Mar 29 2022

Buchanan, de Jasay, and Utilitarianism

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 25 2022

Jouvenel on Modern Barbarians

Politics and Economics Mar 21 2022

The Traitor Was Paid to Cook for the Russians

Free Markets Mar 17 2022

“Where did we go wrong? Is it our fault?”

Moral Reasoning Mar 14 2022

European Leviathans Censoring RT

Incentives Mar 10 2022

Shotgun Sanctions and Extraordinary Power

International Trade Mar 9 2022

Putin Repeats an Old Protectionist Canard

Adam Smith Mar 4 2022

Putin: The Difficult Life of a Dictator

Incentives Mar 3 2022

Lessons from the Economic Sanctions Against Russia

Political Economy Feb 28 2022

Covid-19 Vaccines and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost-benefit Analysis Feb 21 2022

Child Abuse by the State

Politics and Economics Feb 18 2022

Ford and GM: Bearers of Socialist Culture?

Competition Feb 14 2022

The Sacred Word of "Sustainability"

Business Economics Feb 13 2022

Do Used Car Prices Vindicate Adam Smith?

Adam Smith Feb 11 2022

Causes and Consequences of Rent Seeking

Politics and Economics Feb 9 2022

Purification in China

Liberty Feb 4 2022

Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility

Economic Methods Feb 1 2022

"The Mob Takes the Fifth"

Politics and Economics Jan 31 2022

A Simple Model of War and Peace

Incentives Jan 24 2022

Catering to People's Needs

Liberty Jan 18 2022

Different Shades of Red

Free Markets Jan 14 2022

An Obscurantist Age?

Economics of Health Care Jan 11 2022

Should Corporations Be Woke or Fascist?

Business Economics Jan 10 2022

Anarchy or Not?

Institutional Economics Jan 8 2022

Why Government Should Not “Deliver”

Institutional Economics Jan 3 2022

A Pedagogical New Year Resolution

Microeconomics Jan 1 2022

RICO Illustrates One Way Leviathan Grows

Incentives Dec 27 2021

A Christmas Tale: Santa in the New World

Political Economy Dec 24 2021

American Opinion from a Hayekian Viewpoint

Institutional Economics Dec 21 2021

The National Greatness Fraud

Political Economy Dec 13 2021

Erdogan and Countervailing Institutions

Free Markets Dec 8 2021

The FTC on a Supply-Chain Witch-Hunt

Microeconomics Dec 3 2021

Sokal III: Another Hit at Woke Nonsense?

Politics and Economics Dec 2 2021

Walt Disney and the Chinese State

Competition Nov 30 2021

Christmas Gifts: Cash Is Not Necessarily Optimal

Economics and Culture Nov 26 2021

What's Wrong With Social Mobility

Incentives Nov 25 2021

The Supply-Chain Myth

Price Controls Nov 18 2021

The Latest James Bond plus Buchanan and Tullock

Free Markets Nov 14 2021

Infrastructure All the Way Down

Energy, Environment, Resources Nov 9 2021

Some Arguments for Insensitive Speech

Politics and Economics Nov 5 2021

Is This Error Just Amusing?

Politics and Economics Nov 1 2021

Is Powell Right About Inflation?

Monetary Policy Oct 25 2021

The Simplicity of Our System of Government

Liberty Oct 18 2021

Give Leviathan an Inch...

Liberty Oct 14 2021

Authoritarian Left, Authoritarian Right

Liberty Oct 13 2021

The Continuum Between Liberalism and Anarchism

Economic and Political Philosophy Oct 11 2021

Saule Omarova and Friedrich Hayek

Book Club Oct 4 2021

Contra Gensler and the Chinese Mirror

Cryptocurrency Sep 27 2021

Avoiding Biases: Lessons from Michael Huemer

Moral Reasoning Sep 23 2021

The Elementary Basics of Inflation

Money and Inflation Sep 20 2021

“Just Read the Instructions”

Entrepreneurship Sep 17 2021

Rent-Seeking in Slightly Different Words

Free Markets Sep 13 2021

Removal of Government Statues

Free Markets Sep 10 2021

The Word "Societal"

Economics and Culture Sep 7 2021

No World Sugar Shortage Expected

Microeconomics Sep 3 2021

The State as it Is, Not as it Should Be

Politics and Economics Sep 1 2021

Electorate May Want Both Afghan Pullout and Non-Pullout

Politics and Economics Aug 30 2021

The Chinese Mirror

Competition Aug 28 2021

We Fought the Afghan War and We Surrendered?

Economic Methods Aug 23 2021

Employers Need Employees As Much As The Reverse

Free Markets Aug 19 2021

Be Diverse, Or Else! Nasdaq and the SEC

Business Economics Aug 17 2021

Afghanistan and Incentives

Game Theory Aug 16 2021

Is "Governing" Good for the Governed?

Economic and Political Philosophy Aug 12 2021

Climate Agnosticism

Central Planning Aug 10 2021

Andrew Cuomo and Politics Without Romance

Public Choice Theory Aug 6 2021

Intelligentsia Fetishes

Liberty Aug 5 2021

What Is Infrastructure?

Politics and Economics Aug 3 2021

Why the Pursuit of Truth Matters

Economic and Political Philosophy Aug 2 2021

Covid-19 and the Inefficiency of State Coercion

Free Markets Jul 29 2021

Two Weaknesses of Socialism

Central Planning Jul 25 2021

Populism Is Ontologically Impossible

Economic Methods Jul 21 2021

Export Protectionism: Back to the Future?

Free Markets Jul 19 2021

What Is Economic Growth?

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 14 2021

Thanks to the Oppressed Chinese

Foreign Policy Jul 11 2021

There is No Shortage of Labor

Free Markets Jul 4 2021

A Mildly Optimistic Note About America

Behavioral Economics Jun 28 2021

Making China Great Again

Central Planning Jun 24 2021

John McAfee and Tax Evasion

Entrepreneurship Jun 23 2021

Political Harassment From Your Suppliers

Business Economics Jun 21 2021

Defending Populism?

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 19 2021

Individualism and Western Civilization

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 14 2021

The Centrality of Exchange

Adam Smith Jun 11 2021

Tax Maximizers: Good Greed and Bad Greed

Competition Jun 8 2021

Lessons from China (and from Hayek)

Cross-country Comparisons Jun 6 2021

Economic Justification for Chinese Coercion?

Central Planning Jun 2 2021

Tulsa Under an Economics-of-Politics Lens

Economic and Political Philosophy Jun 1 2021

The Producer as a Guilty Prostitute

Energy, Environment, Resources May 28 2021

Elon Musk and the Economics of Resistance

Incentives May 25 2021

Should Hateful Speech Be Banned?

Central Planning May 19 2021

Politics Without Romance

Politics and Economics May 16 2021

No Mystery in the Current Used-Car Market

Free Markets May 12 2021

“Externalities”: Handle with Great Care

Cost-benefit Analysis May 10 2021

Saying Just About Anything

Law and Economics May 3 2021

Tabula-Rasa Economics in Biden’s Speech to Congress

Economic Growth May 2 2021

The Slippery Slope of Anti-Discrimination Laws

Free Markets Apr 27 2021

Mrs. Grundy Against Ryan Anderson’s Book

Competition Apr 26 2021

That Time Was Different?

Politics and Economics Apr 21 2021

The Problem in Bertrand de Jouvenel

Economic and Political Philosophy Apr 19 2021

Hitler's Version of MMT

Monetary Policy Apr 15 2021

A Better Solution: Tax Rocks or Churches

Fiscal Policy Apr 9 2021

Should Karl Marx Be Canceled?

Economic and Political Philosophy Apr 5 2021

Externalities and Our Children

Politics and Economics Apr 1 2021

Privileges and Privacy for the Rulers

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 29 2021

Public Health Is Not What Many Think It Is

Public Goods Mar 24 2021

Individual and Collective Choices in Cars

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 22 2021

Did Price-Gouging Laws Increase Covid Deaths?

Price Controls Mar 19 2021

Logical and Praxeological Impossibilities

Incentives Mar 17 2021

The Pandemic in Europe and America

Cross-country Comparisons Mar 13 2021

Paul Krugman and the Notion of Choice

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 8 2021

The President and the Good King Dagobert

Political Economy Mar 5 2021

Is Amazon a Corporate Mother Teresa?

Cost-benefit Analysis Mar 3 2021

The Mysterious Microchip Shortage

Business Economics Feb 22 2021

Will Joe Biden Be a Dictator?

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 16 2021

Will Walmart Save America?

Business Economics Feb 15 2021

Vaccine Adventures

Central Planning Feb 10 2021

The Economics of Violence: A Short Introduction

Economics of Crime Feb 9 2021

An 18th-Century Revolution, With Current Examples

Adam Smith Feb 4 2021

The Mittens of Mr. Sanders: Economic Lessons

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 25 2021

Biden's Endearing but Collectivist Inaugural Speech

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 20 2021

Why Is the Vaccine Distribution So Difficult?

Central Planning Jan 19 2021

Total Government à la Irving Fisher Is Not Ideal

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 18 2021

Economic Questions About the “Temple of Democracy”

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 11 2021

No "Will of the People" in the Election

Politics and Economics Jan 10 2021

Criminal Incentives: A Horrible Illustration

Economics of Crime Jan 7 2021

U.S. Tariffs Are Not "More Punishing to China"

Economic Education Jan 4 2021

Free Enterprise: A Daring New Year Wish

Central Planning Dec 31 2020

New Year Wish: Political Wars of Religion?

Economic and Political Philosophy Dec 29 2020

Open Letter to Voters: Political Sunk Costs

Behavioral Economics Dec 24 2020

Jim Crow: More Racist than the Railroads

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 18 2020

Generally Accepted Rules and the Election

Institutional Economics Dec 16 2020

Similarity Between Socialism and Fascism: An Illustration

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 9 2020

Epistemology, Economics, and Conspiracies

Adam Smith Dec 3 2020

Implausible Conspiracy and Unfair Election

Liberty Nov 27 2020

The Pivotal Justice in the Supreme Court Decision?

Politics and Economics Nov 27 2020

Elections Are Not a Ruler's Toy Nor a Sacred Panacea

Politics and Economics Nov 23 2020

The Populists and Napoléon

Economic History Nov 19 2020

Why a Vast Election Fraud Is Highly Implausible

Economics of Crime Nov 16 2020

188 Years After the Death of Jean-Baptiste Say

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 12 2020

The Liberal Solution

Liberty Nov 6 2020

Zoom and the Society of Meddlers

Competition Nov 5 2020

From Democracy to Populist Rallies

Liberty Nov 2 2020

Counterfactuals: What If Clinton Had Won in 2016?

Economic History Oct 27 2020

Imports as a “Drag on the Economy”

International Trade Oct 20 2020

Is it OK to Use the R Word?

Economic and Political Philosophy Oct 16 2020

Facebook's Decision about the Holocaust

Economic and Political Philosophy Oct 13 2020

Zico and Ammo under Price Controls

Central Planning Oct 8 2020

A Story of Love and Hate

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 3 2020

COVID Reality: From POTUS to NOTUS

Liberty Oct 2 2020

Impoverishing Economic Illiteracy

Free Markets Sep 28 2020

The Failures of the CDC and its Political Bosses

Public Health Sep 23 2020

Is Modern Democracy So Modern and How?

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Sep 18 2020

The Logic of Protectionist Nationalists

Free Markets Sep 16 2020

One Thing Rationally Ignorant Voters Don't Know

Fiscal Policy Sep 14 2020

What Is Populism? The People V. the People

Economic and Political Philosophy Sep 11 2020

The Failure of Government Command-and-Control

Free Markets Sep 7 2020

The Sanford Pastor and Individual Liberty

Liberty Sep 6 2020

Repression of Economic Freedom: The Case of Eggs

Politics and Economics Sep 2 2020

Economics: Prices, Pri-ces, P.R.I.C.E.S.

Economic Methods Aug 24 2020

Bannon’s Nationalist Adventure: Natural Justice?

Economic Methods Aug 23 2020

Mencken’s 100-Year-Old Prediction Realized, Twice

Politics and Economics Aug 19 2020

Why Shortages Are Not More Widespread

Price Controls Aug 17 2020

Good Government Greed, Bad Economic Freedom!

Free Markets Aug 12 2020

Flaaen et al. on Washing Machine Tariffs in the A.E.R.

International Trade Aug 10 2020

US Government Punishing Americans Again

Economic and Political Philosophy Aug 7 2020

Should Jane Decide Who Gets the Vaccine?

Economic and Political Philosophy Aug 3 2020

Economists Should Not Forget Supply and Demand

Economic Education Aug 2 2020

Of Hydroxychloroquine and Cavorting With Demons

Liberty Jul 30 2020

The 1918 Pandemic and Economic Freedom

Economic Growth Jul 23 2020

The Neo-Nazis and the Woke in 97 Words

Liberty Jul 14 2020

Is Being a Cop So Dangerous?

Liberty Jul 7 2020

Some Reflections on Reparations for Slavery

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 7 2020

Flesh & Soul, Economics & Liberal Arts

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jul 4 2020

Masks: Dr. Fauci Confirms My Hypothesis

Price Controls Jul 2 2020

The Scientific Look-and-Feel of Public Health

Economic Methods Jul 1 2020

In an Epidemic, Individuals are not Plants

Incentives Jun 29 2020

Closing or Reopening the Economy

Economic and Political Philosophy Jun 28 2020

The "Trump Economy" Before Covid-19

Economic Growth Jun 18 2020

Discrimination and State Power

Economic and Political Philosophy Jun 16 2020

Cooking Official Statistics Is Not Easy, for Now

Incentives Jun 15 2020

The American Economy Just Before Covid-19

Business Cycles Jun 9 2020

A Humble State with No Motorcade

Incentives Jun 4 2020

Something to Learn from the Trump Presidency

Liberty Jun 2 2020

Major Advantage of a Limited State

Free Markets May 26 2020

The National-Security Fraud

Politics and Economics May 23 2020

Rumors of War

Violence and War May 14 2020

"Our Most Fundamental American Values"

Free Markets May 11 2020

Collectivist or Confused Clause in the WaPo

Economic and Political Philosophy May 10 2020

The Dangers and Arbitrariness of Antitrust

Competition May 3 2020

The Abominable $1200 Gift: Timeo Danaos...

Political Economy May 1 2020

Owing the Public Debt to Ourselves

Economic and Political Philosophy Apr 27 2020

Black Markets Raise their Ugly Head

Adam Smith Apr 14 2020

Toilet Paper: Increasing Marginal Cost

Price Controls Apr 13 2020

The Economic Approach to Public Health

Public Health Apr 12 2020

Oil prices: Laissez faire, morbleu!

Politics and Economics Apr 10 2020

Economic Theory and the Real World

Price Controls Apr 9 2020

Everyone Belongs to Everyone Else

Economic and Political Philosophy Apr 9 2020

"Public Health" Is Not What Most People Think

Public Health Apr 7 2020

When Free-Market Prices Are Banned

Free Markets Apr 1 2020

Let Decadent Airlines Go Bankrupt

Free Markets Mar 24 2020

The Future, as Things Are Going

Liberty Mar 22 2020

Government Failure on a Grand Scale

Price Controls Mar 20 2020

Four Books for Social Distancing

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 16 2020

Rothwell Si, Piketty No!

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 15 2020

You Will Never See the World as Before

Politics and Economics Mar 12 2020

At Least Two Ongoing Pandemics

Public Health Mar 12 2020

Rationing: Assume Government Is Benevolent

Free Markets Mar 7 2020

Don’t Confuse Shortage and Smurfage

Economic Education Mar 6 2020

Three Cheers for the Coronavirus???

Free Markets Feb 27 2020

Arguments for Compulsory Vaccination

Public Goods Feb 17 2020

Markets Against the Mob's Purpose

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Feb 15 2020

Conservatives Make SJWs Happy

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 9 2020

MMT Gospel: Is This Time Different?

Monetary Policy Feb 3 2020

Why Would a Rational Being Say That?

Behavioral Economics Feb 1 2020

Funny Things About the Epidemic

Cost-benefit Analysis Jan 30 2020

Hiring a Research Assistant or a Cowboy

Labor Market Jan 28 2020

A Simple Argument Against Ex-Im

Free Markets Jan 20 2020

Ah, If H.L. Mencken Were Back!

International Trade Jan 15 2020

Manufacturing: An Example of Industrial Policy

Business Economics Jan 12 2020

The Simple Economics of Comparative State Lying

Economic Methods Jan 10 2020

The United States Killed Soleimani, Right?

Economic Methods Jan 4 2020

Four Economic Lessons from the Nativity

Competition Dec 25 2019

Another War on Drugs and on Certain Citizens

Economics of Health Care Dec 20 2019

Is the Fall of Unemployment Good?

Economic Growth Dec 12 2019

The Basics: Anarchy and Public Goods

Political Economy Dec 6 2019

Public Health, Parens Patriae, and Sex

Economic and Political Philosophy Dec 1 2019

The State as Our Father (or Loving Mother)

Political Economy Nov 28 2019

From Sewer Workers to Literary Men

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 25 2019

Milton Friedman

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 16 2019

The Rhetoric of the Paris Agreement

Liberty Nov 11 2019

Banning E-Cigarette Flavors

Political Economy Nov 3 2019

Giuliani’s Well-Deserved Disgrace

Finance Nov 1 2019

The Autocrat and the Free Press: A Model

Political Economy Oct 25 2019

Is It Sufficient to Just Believe?

Behavioral Economics Oct 17 2019

Emergency and Shortages in Altruistic California

Free Markets Oct 14 2019

Did Sustainable Atlas Shrug?

Economic and Political Philosophy Oct 12 2019

Do People Want to Be Free?

Income Distribution Oct 7 2019

The Pursuit of Nuttiness

Energy, Environment, Resources Oct 2 2019

American Sanctions: Why Foreigners Obey

Foreign Policy Oct 1 2019

Trump’s UN Speech: An Introduction to Politics and LGBTQ

Liberty Sep 26 2019

The Problem of France

Cryptocurrency Sep 16 2019

Power to the Children and Hail to the State!

Liberty Sep 11 2019

Is the State Your Father or Your Mother?

Liberty Sep 7 2019

The Purpose of a Gun Is Not to Kill

Moral Reasoning Sep 2 2019

Why Turkeys Are an Endangered Species

Energy, Environment, Resources Aug 28 2019

Rights as Government Power and the Kiss of Judas

Economic and Political Philosophy Aug 25 2019

Self-interest and Capitalism Are Not Synonymous

Competition Aug 22 2019

And They Want to be Sovereign!

Liberty Aug 18 2019

Ethnic Studies and Hxrstory: Not Doubleplusgood

Economic and Political Philosophy Aug 17 2019

El Paso etc.: A New Behavioral-Economics Bias?

Behavioral Economics Aug 14 2019

A Simple Economic Question About Guns

Incentives Aug 14 2019

Reflections on an Interview with Bernie Sanders

Incentives Aug 12 2019

Are Trade Wars “Good and Easy to Win”?

International Trade Aug 6 2019

Madman or Madwoman in Power: A Simple, Realistic, Urgent Idea

Political Economy Aug 1 2019

Brexit and the Divine Right of the Majority

Free Markets Jul 24 2019

Minimum Wage: A Most Remarkable Belief

Cost-benefit Analysis Jul 17 2019

Anecdotes vs. Data in the Trade War

International Trade Jul 9 2019

Prescription Drug Prices: Retaliatory Socialism

Economics of Health Care Jul 6 2019

A Delight in Despotism: The Case of Vaping

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 5 2019

Founders Turning in their Graves

Jul 4 2019

Antitrust and Ideology

Competition Jul 2 2019

A Move to the Left?

Economic and Political Philosophy Jun 27 2019

A Chicken Game Between Two Governments

Foreign Policy Jun 23 2019

The Poverty of Protectionism and the Impact of Tariffs

International Trade Jun 17 2019

Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989

Political Economy Jun 9 2019

New Sanctions Against Americans

Foreign Policy Jun 5 2019

Navarro’s “Fair, Reciprocal, and Balanced Trade”

International Trade Jun 2 2019

Rare Earths: Make Trade, Not War

Foreign Policy Jun 1 2019

Gross Domestic Error in The Economist

Economic Education May 28 2019

Recognizing a Tyrant or Tyrant-To-Be

Economic Methods May 18 2019

Trusting the State: the Stock Market Case

Finance May 15 2019

Walmart Bullied by Government, or Was It?

Economic and Political Philosophy May 12 2019

Theatre of the Absurd: Godot, Trump, and Xi

International Trade May 9 2019

The Trump Economic Boom

Economic Growth May 5 2019

Pushing Down Interest Rates in a Boom

Finance May 4 2019

Live and Let Live

Economic and Political Philosophy May 1 2019

Effects of the 2018 Tariffs on Washing Machines

International Trade Apr 23 2019

Government Expenditures in GDP

Economic Methods Apr 21 2019

As Notre-Dame de Paris Was Burning...

Economic and Political Philosophy Apr 15 2019

Governing Ourselves

Economic and Political Philosophy Apr 14 2019

Condorcet's Brexit

Politics and Economics Apr 9 2019

A Powerful Argument from Don Boudreaux

International Macroeconomics Apr 3 2019

Do "We" Want to Rule Over Others?

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 30 2019

Nearly Two decades After 9/11

Political Economy Mar 23 2019

Venezuela Is Real Socialism or Real Fascism

Incentives Mar 21 2019

Another War on Drugs and Deplorables?

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 15 2019

The Importation of Prescription Drugs

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 5 2019

Nationalism and Cow Vigilantism

Economic and Political Philosophy Mar 5 2019

No Canadian Toilet Paper for Americans

International Trade Mar 1 2019

The Trade Balance Chimera in Two Sentences

International Trade Feb 25 2019

Scott Wolla on an Accounting Error about Imports and GDP

Economic Education Feb 23 2019

An Argument for a Marriage Tariff

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 21 2019

Candyish Government

Economic and Political Philosophy Feb 15 2019

Protectionism for Dummies

International Trade Feb 3 2019

Anthony de Jasay (1925-2019)

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 26 2019

Social Nirvana

History of Economic Thought Jan 24 2019

Victimized By One's Own Mercedes

Competition Jan 20 2019

Praetorian Guards from Ancient Greece to Palm Beach or the Hamptons

Institutional Economics Jan 14 2019

Who Will Pay for the Wall?

International Trade Jan 10 2019

The Danger of Government-Issued Photo ID

Free Markets Jan 8 2019

A New Year’s Resolution for Statocrats

Behavioral Economics Dec 31 2018

Merry Mathematical Christmas!

Economic Methods Dec 25 2018

No Economic Reason to Fear China

Competition Dec 22 2018

Oil Prices and Inflation

Microeconomics Dec 16 2018

Brits Could Have a Brexit Cake and Eat It Too

Free Markets Dec 11 2018

Consumer Sovereignty: A Response to Greg Autry

Economic and Political Philosophy Dec 6 2018

Post Scriptum on Steel Tariffs

Business Economics Dec 5 2018

A Retreat from Reason (with an Aside from Rothbard)

Economic Methods Dec 4 2018

Does the Chicken Tax Imply Prices Lower for Domestic than for Foreign Pickups?

Competition Nov 30 2018

Individuals Respond Rationally to Incentives

Behavioral Economics Nov 26 2018

Of Oil Prices and Government Power

Competition Nov 23 2018

Liberty, Authority, and Giuliani

Economic and Political Philosophy Nov 19 2018

Enemy of the People

Liberty Nov 10 2018

Competition Between the Obese and the Thin

Competition Nov 6 2018

Guns or Butter, Cannabis or Wine, and Other Choices

Economic and Political Philosophy Oct 29 2018

The Ideal of Population Control

Foreign Policy Oct 23 2018

One Benefit of Tariffs

International Trade Oct 19 2018

Climate Agnosticism Vs. Insurance Companies

Energy, Environment, Resources Oct 16 2018

Tariffs and the Trade Deficit

Economic Methods Oct 12 2018

Ideology and the Interpretation of Reality

Politics and Economics Oct 9 2018

The Long Road to a Banana Republic?

Business Economics Oct 8 2018

Preferences and Choice: A Distinction

Economic Education Oct 7 2018

Longing for Oneness and Sameness

Economic and Political Philosophy Oct 3 2018

The Poverty of Protectionism

International Trade Oct 2 2018

Retaliation Against Chinese Authoritarianism

Economic and Political Philosophy Sep 26 2018

A "Me-Too" Externality?

Economics of Crime Sep 24 2018

Are Libertarians Crazy?

Liberty Sep 20 2018

Of Volkswagens and Bouquinistes

Free Markets Sep 17 2018

Logic, Theory, and Accounting

Economic Methods Sep 15 2018

The St. Louis Fed on Imports and GDP

Economic Education Sep 6 2018

Trade Will Never Be Fair and Balanced

International Trade Sep 5 2018

An Extreme Example of Politico-Speak

Behavioral Economics Sep 4 2018

Trade and Force

Competition Sep 3 2018

The Free Trader as a Traitor

Economic History Aug 28 2018

The Silver Lining of Negationism

Competition Aug 22 2018

Land Taxes: The Return of Henry George

Income Distribution Aug 17 2018

Many Americans Don't Like Free Speech

Liberty Aug 13 2018

A Disreputable Fringe

Incentives Aug 8 2018

Grudge, Vengeance, and Boredom

Economics of Crime Aug 5 2018

Why does Anyone in this City Need a Gun?

Economics of Crime Jul 24 2018

Missing Something About Populism?

Liberty Jul 17 2018

FOMC’s Staff Is Wrong or Sloppy

Economic Methods Jul 13 2018

Do People Want Liberty?

Economic and Political Philosophy Jul 11 2018

Wilbur Ross's and Charles de Gaulle's Common Idea

Politics and Economics Jul 4 2018

A Simple Illustration of Standard Trade Theory

Trade Barriers Jul 3 2018

Making Americans Work for Foreigners

Free Markets Jul 2 2018

Discrimination and Harvard Discrimination

Competition Jun 24 2018

Predicting Trade Wars

Incentives Jun 20 2018

Immigration: A Confession and a Value Judgment

Economic and Political Philosophy Jun 19 2018

Breastfeeding and Incentives

Incentives Jun 17 2018

Why a State Typically Promotes Its Own Official Language

Economics and Culture Jun 15 2018

Why the Surveillance State is Dangerous

Politics and Economics Jun 10 2018

Why We Work for the Chinese

International Trade Jun 5 2018

Job Creation in North Korea and America

International Trade Jun 2 2018

A Simple Idea to Rediscover

Political Economy Jun 1 2018

An Extreme Case of Ignorance or Something Else?

International Trade May 24 2018

The Beauty of Trade

International Trade May 16 2018

A Parable About ZTE

International Trade May 15 2018

A Recession Soon?

International Trade May 8 2018

Corn or Oil: Choosing Sides

International Trade May 1 2018

Exclusionary Inclusivity

Business Economics Apr 27 2018

A Collectivist Case for Trade, but not FREE Trade

International Trade Apr 19 2018

Thinking About War

Foreign Policy Apr 16 2018

Not Enough Women at Wikipedia?

Labor Market Apr 6 2018

Why the Chicken Crossed the Road

International Trade Mar 30 2018

Back to Basics: Whom Does a Protectionist Measure Hit?

International Trade Mar 23 2018

The Danger of Intellectual Ruts

International Trade Mar 19 2018

What About a Travel Ban to Reduce the Trade Deficit?

International Trade Mar 14 2018

The National-Security Argument for Protectionism

International Trade Mar 7 2018

Trade in the CEA's Annual Report

International Trade Mar 2 2018

A Simplistic Model of Public Policy

Cost-benefit Analysis Feb 24 2018

Restricting Speech for Nationalist Reasons

Incentives Feb 23 2018

Searching for the Individual

Economics and Culture Feb 14 2018

A Safe Harbor on the Dark Side of Democracy

Regulation Feb 9 2018

A Bad Solution to Very Real Problems

Monetary Policy Jan 31 2018

A Frequent Confusion and the Yo-Yo Economic Model

Economic Education Jan 29 2018

"Ice is not Ice" and the Limits of Conversation

Economic and Political Philosophy Jan 22 2018

For Individual Liberty, Size Does Not Matter - or So It Seems

Economic Methods Jan 16 2018

The Political Firm

Business Economics Jan 8 2018

The Growth of the Chinese Leviathan

Dec 31 2017

Christmas Gifts Made Far Away

International Trade Dec 23 2017

Free Trade Agreements v Unilateral Free Trade

International Trade Dec 15 2017

The Will of the People Meets the Man in the Moon

Foreign Policy Dec 12 2017

Why Addicts' Deaths Are Not a Social Cost of Opioid Consumption

Cost-benefit Analysis Dec 6 2017

Recognizing a Unicorn When You See One

Economic Methods Dec 1 2017

Mass Killings and the Economic Approach to Human Behavior

Economics of Crime Nov 24 2017

Taking Comparative Advantage Seriously

International Trade Nov 17 2017

Big Brother Does Not Always Help, or Only at a Cost

Central Planning Nov 7 2017

Misleading Bureaucratese

Economic Education Oct 30 2017

Attacking Civilians in War

Moral Reasoning Oct 20 2017

A Protectionist Utopia?

International Trade Oct 11 2017

You Can't Benefit from Free Trade if You Don't Have a Job. Right?

Economic Education Oct 5 2017