Law & Economics

  • Membership is Growing for the Democratic Socialists of America

    July 02, 2025

    The victory of Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic mayoral primary in New York city highlights the growing popularity of the Democratic Socialists of America ("DSA"), the largest socialist organization in the United States.

  • The Commonalities between Government-Run Grocery Stores and Public Education

    July 02, 2025

    In light of Zohran Mamdani's win of the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City and his proposal for government-run grocery stores, Reason magazine argues that all government-run services - from grocery stores to education - "stifle competition, kill innovation, and leave citizens with fewer alternatives when the system fails."

  • The Problem of a Too-Powerful Federal Reserve

    June 16, 2025

    Matthew Blakey of the Foundation for Economic Freedom argues that, by placing so much weight on the actions of the Federal Reserve, we are essentially accepting "central planning at the heart of a supposedly free-market system."

  • Austria Would Do Well to Heed the Advice of Its Native Economists

    June 09, 2025

    As Austria struggles to stay afloat economically, it would do well abandon its welfare-based Keynesian economic policies and embrace the individualist philosophies of 19th century Austrian school economists such as Menger, Hayek and von Mises, according to analyst Matthew Karnitschnig.

  • Young Americans Are Increasingly in Support of Socialism

    May 19, 2025

    In a recent survey, the Cato Institute and YouGov found that well over half of young Americans aged 18-29 hold a worryingly "favorable view" of socialism.

  • Friedrich Hayek and Social Justice

    May 09, 2025

    The Orange County Register marked the 126th birthday of Friedrich Hayek by highlighting his warnings against "social justice" movements.

  • Defending Jacques Maritain

    April 21, 2025

    James Matthew Wilson makes a case for Jacques Maritain's theories on "integral humanism" in an article published by the Univeristy of Notre Dame's Chruch Life Journal.

  • The Contemporary Relevance of Tocqueville

    March 31, 2025

    Will Ogilvie Bega de Seoane from The Foundation for Economic Education reflects on Alexis de Toqueville's observations on democracy, and how they are still relevant today.

  • Joseph Stiglitz and Friedrich Hayek

    March 17, 2025

    Mani Basharzad of the Mises Institute offers a reveiw of Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz's latest book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, a critique of the economic theories of Friedrich Hayek.

  • Remembering Jean-Baptiste Say

    March 17, 2025

    Larry J. Sechrest commemorates the life and work of French economist Jean-Baptiste Say and his influence on laissez-faire economic theories.

     

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