Showing posts with label rent-seeking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rent-seeking. Show all posts
Friday, June 04, 2021

TGIF: What the Really State Is

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To better understand the nature of government, one can think of it as an agency that sells or, more precisely, rents power to others. The gr...
Friday, December 12, 2008

Robert Higgs Told Us So

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According to Reuters : The credit crunch is not nearly as severe as the U.S. authorities appear to believe and public data actually suggest ...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Government Failure

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Pundits and politicians are virtually unanimous in saying today's economic turmoil is the result of a laissez-faire policy in Washingto...
Friday, October 12, 2007

Atlas Shrugged and the Corporate State

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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Ayn Rand's stunning novel, Atlas Shrugged . So many words have be...
Friday, May 11, 2007

That Mercantilist Commerce Clause

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The Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution has been used to justify a wide expansion of government power, from antidiscrimination laws to ...
Friday, April 20, 2007

Progressive Illiberalism

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"The Progressive movement, which dominated the American scene in the years from the turn of the century to United State entrance in Wor...
Friday, February 16, 2007

The Rent-Seeking Habit

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Wal-Mart's CEO and his chief nemesis, the head of the Service Employees International Union, have joined forces. They recently appeared ...