Interventionism

Interviewed by host Thom Hartmann, Mark Thornton explains why the minimum wage actually hurts the workers it is supposed to help.

Sweden is turning to markets and private payer insurance for answers to their state-run health care.

Interviewed by Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell, Hunter Lewis discusses the major problem facing government and big business, and outlines

Mark Thornton appeared in an exclusive interview on RT TV to discuss the motivation behind the U.S.

Keynesians enthusiastically point to government as the solution for the faltering recovery.

Interviewed by host Jay Taylor, John Cochran explains how Keynes’ anti-free market interest rates are destroying life sustaining capitalism.

Without market competition and discipline, government has no idea what people really want. Police services are no exception.

Supporters of warfare, welfare, and Wonder Woman cheered last week as Congress passed a one trillion dollar “omnibus” appropriation bill. This funds the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. Wonder Woman fans can cheer that buried in the bill was a $10,000 grant for a theater program to explore the comic book heroine.

The current tenancy laws do not promote conflict resolution and peaceful cooperation, as laws are intended to do. Under the current regulatory system, a landlord has minimal to no benefits from providing high quality service, quite the opposite of what good laws are supposed to do.

The minimum wage is just another weapon in the arsenal of the misguided progressive trying to “help” the poor. People whose productive value is less than the minimum wage are de facto unemployable. They are denied the opportunity to gain experience and skills, and their exclusion from the job market is a net loss to society.