Tag: politics

Quote of the Day: Thomas Jefferson the Anarchist?

February 2, 2016 | Post

The First Rule of Wing-Walking

January 25, 2016 | Post

Wing-walking was the practice of getting out of the cockpit of a biplane (while someone else was flying the thing) and staggering along the wing holding onto struts or wires.  It was a thrill show for onlookers at air shows and barnstorming events in the 1920s and 1930s in the U.S. But for the wing-walker […]

Every Flaw in Consumers Is Worse in Voters

October 29, 2015 | Post

I have been making a mistake for most of my life. See, I’m an economist, and one of the things that attracted me to economics is the notion of the “ideal economy.” Of course, there are valid objections to the use of markets. There are people who cheat and commit fraud, and there are problems […]

What Does It Mean to Be a Libertarian?

October 14, 2015 | Post

Libertarians have a unique perspective on how government force should be used. As Jeff Miron, Director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard University, points out in this video, libertarians consider using government force to coerce others into action to be immoral. This is what separates them from other philosophies which are more permissive when it comes […]