Handing control over people's lives to politicians does not somehow make an economic system any more fair or equitable

February 9, 2019

What Real Social Justice Looks Like by Per Bylund Handing control over people's lives to politicians does not somehow make an economic system any more fair or equitable. All it does is make the exercise of power more arbitrary. "Progressive" Attacks on Capitalism Were Key to Hitler's Success by Ludwig von Mises Mises wrote this essay in 1940 from Geneva, where he lived after Nazis forced him out of Austria and his apartment was ransacked by German troops.  David Gornoski on Biblical Mercy, Scapegoats, and the State as Vehicle of Human Sacrifice with Robert P. Murphy Bob Murphy and David Gornoski discuss state violence and some healthy alternatives to a violence-based society. Why It's Important to "Preach to the Converted" by Ryan McMaken "It is only in self-improvement that one can have any influence whatsoever on the improvement of others." This Week's Audio/Video:  The Accad & Koka Report: 61. The Ups and Downs of Drug Prices: An Economist’s View   Radio Rothbard: Why the Left Isn't Convinced by Your Economics Arguments    Jeff Deist on Crosstalk Historical Controversies: The Emergence of Grant, Part 1: Finding the Gateway Radio Rothbard: The "Homo Economicus" Straw Man This Week's Power & Market Posts:  Crony Capitalism in Scientific Research by Hunter Lewis New York is America's Least Free State, Which is the Most Libertarian? by Daniel J. Mitchell This Week's Mises Wire Articles: Ends and Values and the Law of Marginal Utility by Murray N. Rothbard Why Marx Loved Central Banks by Thorsten Polleit 1877: When America Was In No Hurry to Pay the Military by Allan Stevo Trump's Absurd Claim that Americans Are Free from Government Coercion by James Bovard Why the Left Isn't Convinced by Your Economics Arguments by Ryan McMaken On Appeasing Envy by Henry Hazlitt Surging Wealth Inequality Is Poverty's Greatest Enemy by John Tamny Why Grover Cleveland Is Mostly Forgotten Today by José Niño Having a Government-Granted Monopoly Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry by Justin Murray The Great Leveling: A Note by Mark Thornton If Climate Change Is Killing Us, Why Is Life Expectancy Increasing? by Ryan McMaken Oregon Defies Logic with Statewide Rent Control by Andrew Moran Why There Should be More Elections, More Often by Ryan McMaken Jeremy Bentham: From Laissez-Faire to Statism by Murray N. Rothbard 6 Reasons to Keep the EU's Unanimity Policy on Taxes by Kai Weiss The Threat of a US Government Debt Trap by Alasdair Macleod Share Tweet Forward