Tag: free market
Exposing The TRUTH Behind Price Gouging
November 8, 2024 | Video
Price gouging encourages competition by pressuring manufacturers and distributors to increase production, which over time, would actually drive down costs. Price controls during a time of crisis, however, do nothing to address the shortage problem.
5 Takeaways from Mises’s Masterpiece: Human Action
September 29, 2024 | Post
Happy birthday, Ludwig! As a Happy Birthday tribute to Ludwig von Mises (born Sept. 29, 1881), here’s what you need to know about his life … and what you need to know from his iconic treatise on economics, Human Action. The underappreciated economist Ludwig von Mises is today celebrated as one of the founding fathers […]
5 FREE MARKET Policies with Unintended Climate Benefits
July 30, 2024 | Video
These free-market policies came about before most people had ever heard the term “climate change.”
High Time to Rethink High Schooling
June 5, 2024 | Post
Milton Friedman’s vision of school vouchers revolutionized education by fostering choice and competition.
Sprouting Vegetables of Liberty
April 29, 2024 | Post
Students For Liberty Lisbon promotes sustainability, reduction of CO2 emissions, and liberty through partnership with a private vegetable garden.
A global minimum tax rate will stifle competition and hurt consumers
September 4, 2021 | Post
The G7’s recent plan for a global minimum tax rate of 15% is a terrible idea that will hurt consumers and restrict competition.
Permissionless innovation: The fuzzy idea that rules our lives
September 19, 2017 | Post
People sometimes ask me, “What is the most important concept in political economy?” The answer is easy, but subtle …
How the Economy Isn’t Like a Jigsaw Puzzle
April 13, 2017 | Post
The economy can’t be assembled like a jigsaw puzzle, as Boris Yeltsin learned on a trip to America.
What will Donald Trump’s presidency mean for the Federal Reserve?
November 14, 2016 | Post
Here are some thoughts on the implications of Donald Trump assuming the presidency with respect to monetary policy.
Minimum-Grade Legislation, Revised Edition
August 27, 2016 | Post
The real minimum wage is zero, despite the best efforts of the economically illiterate public sector do-gooder.
You Keep Using the Word Capitalism…
June 2, 2016 | Post
We do not think it means what you think it means. There are a lot of polls about what millennials think about capitalism and socialism. According to these polls, millennials like socialism, but not capitalism. But what do they mean by capitalism and socialism? For reference, here are the definitions of capitalism and socialism according […]
Voluntary Exchange Makes Us All Better Off
February 15, 2016 | Post
Capitalism is frequently misrepresented on the news, on social media, and in numerous other places. These sources portray the big, evil company as the “dark side”, which is personified by a CEO. In contrast, the “mom and pop” small business owner is heroic – that is, until they become a “big player” and start “exploiting” […]
Quote of the Day: The Wisdom of Mises
January 26, 2016 | Post
The argument no proponent of central planning has ever been able to overcome; if humans can’t be trusted with freedom, how can they be trusted with power?