David Brady, Jr.

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Yes, Senator Cruz, Elon Musk should read Mises’s Bureaucracy

11/18/2024 Power & Market David Brady, Jr.

On his podcast “Verdict” November 13, Ted Cruz mentioned one of my favorite books by Ludwig von Mises: Bureaucracy. He mentioned it in reference to the “Department of Government Efficiency” that was...

“NAFTA Fever” and the Myth of Government-Created Free Markets

11/15/2024 Mises Wire David Brady, Jr.

Left or right, the enemy is the free market. Every problem is the fault of the free market. On the left, the supposed radical deregulation of the 1980s paved the way for the financial crisis and the...

Arbitrary Laws Have “Saved” New Yorkers from “Peanut” the Squirrel

11/04/2024 Power & Market David Brady, Jr.

The internet has blown up in rage at the recent capture and euthanization of a famous TikTok/Instagram Squirrel named “Peanut.” Peanut was rescued over 7 years ago by his owner Mark Longo. Since then...

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“NAFTA Fever” and the Myth of Government-Created Free Markets

12/18/2024 David Brady, Jr.

Critics of free markets claim that the 1980s and 90s were near-pure laissez-faire when, in reality, the regulatory state only got stronger.

Yes, We Should Defend the Term “Capitalism”

10/07/2024 David Brady, Jr.

Many proponents of free markets have tried to cast aside the name “capitalism” as a descriptor of the market system. They should take caution before doing so.

ESG Undermines Social Welfare

09/09/2024 David Brady, Jr.

Politicians and hedge funds that push “Environmental, Social, and Governance” (ESG) scores and investing do so with the notion of improving social welfare. What they fail to realize is that these concerns are accounted for in human action already.

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