Free Markets

Governments of developing countries attempt to thrust their country into prosperity through various statist measures, but their efforts are doomed because they do not understand economics.

American attempts to preserve its leadership status in the world will fail unless it enacts reforms which really are nothing more than behaving in a legal and honorable way.

The central pillar of the Keynesian system is that spending drives the economy, so savings on a large scale will push the economy into recession. As Austrians know, that narrative is entirely false and fails to accurately explain how the economy works.

Americans once dreamed of a country that did not care about global greatness or glory. It was within our reach if we had been wise enough to grasp and hold it.

Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, but the free city of Próspera, located just of the Honduras coast, is anything but poor. Here, private property and free markets are the norm and Bitcoin is legal tender. Of course, the socialists want it shut down.

Mark Thornton explores the continuing negative impacts of the ongoing US embargo against Cuba and how getting rid of this Cold War policy could benefit the peoples of Cuba, the US, and others. Viva Cuba Libre!

Insurance companies canceled coverage on houses in neighborhoods that later burned. Government officials blame climate change, but the real problem lies with state and local governments.

After spending 25 years as a columnist for the New York Times, Paul Krugman is finally retiring from that position—25 years too late, if one wishes to be honest.

Auron MacIntyre has amassed a following in conservative circles, and David Gordon notes that while MacIntyre makes some good points on governance, he has much to learn about how free markets work.

Entrepreneurs come from all walks of life and from different social and ethnic groups. Lipton Matthews reviews Jean-Claude Escalante’s From Indentureship to Entrepreneurship, which chronicles the rise of a successful entrepreneur who came from humble beginnings.