Power & Market
The Effect of Westward Expansion on US Citizenship
Territorial expansion allowed the federal government to directly rule its many new federal citizens without any state government as intermediary.
German “Democracy”: The Regime Bans Political Parties It Doesn’t Like
In Germany, as elsewhere, “democracy” means whatever the ruling class says it means. Often, that means banning dissident political parties.
The Political Crisis in South Korea and the Failure of Beltway Libertarians
Like their American counterparts, libertarians in South Korea allied themselves with the conservative political factions and now are paying a price in the face of a political meltdown. As Murray Rothbard noted, it is better to go with principles of liberty than caving in to statists.
Is the US Headed for Breakup (in the Long Run)?
Tom Woods and I talk about the need to look beyond the Trump administration to plan for a realistic ideological and political plan moving forward.
American Satisfaction
Americans are far more satisfied with the way things are going in their own life than with the US in general.
Countries Don’t Go Broke. Governments Do.
It is not countries, but governments, which overborrow and go broke. The debtor is the government. The government is quite distinct from the country.
Jamaica’s Economic Renaissance: Andrew Holness and the Path to a Free Market Revolution
Jamaica is emerging as a rising economic power in Latin America and the Caribbean, widely regarded as an International Monetary Fund (IMF) success story.
Modern Piggy Banks
The piggy bank originated about 500 years ago at the dawn of capitalism, when ordinary people started to possess silver coins. This 500-year tradition seems to be yet another “minor” detail of life that has been killed by a world dominated by fiat paper money.
Is There a Libertarian Position on Citizenship?
The expansion of naturalization and citizenship are not justified by any libertarian claim. Do libertarians who favor expanded naturalization have an argument other than "the Constitution says so"?