Legal System

After so much fighting for so long, at last France and Germany find a common cause: resist economic reform and shore up the state apparatus as long as possible. Grant Nülle examines the scene.

The root of the pension problem, writes Carl Horowitz, is the inherent unsoundness of State-granted guarantees to firms (and unions) against market failure.

Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held in Houston, Texas; September 22-23, 1995.

Even if most hedge funds were dogs, writes Gregory Bresiger, why is it the business of the government to regulate them?

Frank Quattrone sent a 22-word e-mail to his employees reminding them of an existing policy. Now he is going to jail for it, writes Chris Westley.

Whether or not he had committed any crimes (and, apparently, he had not), Quattrone had plenty about which to be nervous, write Bill Anderson and Candice Jackson.

Eric Mattei explains the implications of 'civil rights' interventions: some must serve others regardless of their own personal choices.

Harry Valentine writes that South Africa's long term economic future appears bleak due to the policies that the nation's government has already enacted.

If the Department of Labor's overtime guidelines are implemented, writes Chris Westley, both workers and employers will be harmed.

Print publications are subject to no FCC-style censor, writes Gardner Goldsmith, and the market has managed itself quite well.