In this three-lecture course, professor Mark Thornton will explain how prohibition has changed not only the market for marijuana, but also the characteristics of the drug itself.
We are told that robots will take our jobs. However, material liberation has allowed us to live more fulfilling lives than before.
Independent contractors such as Uber drivers may be legislated out of existence by European politicians.
Whales were rapidly on their way to extinction until the petroleum industry undermined the whaling industry.
Only peaceful social cooperation enables us to take advantage of the best parts of human life and escape the tyranny of biological competition.
We are told that robots will take our jobs. However, material liberation has allowed us to live more fulfilling lives than before.
The idea of government as a paternal authority, as a guardian for everybody, is the idea of those who favor socialism.
As public faith in elections falls, and politicians foist an ever greater burden on us, a true populist opposition movement may be growing.
To understand the marketplace, it is not necessary to believe in the existence of a selfish, profit-maximizing human.
