Objecting to the infamous HHS mandate involving birth control and abortifacients, the Hobby Lobby chain has refused to comply, which means it will incur $1.3 million in penalties per day. This is a clunky article , but it gives the background to what’s going on.
How to Solve Problems Without Calling the Goons
Tonight on Stossel (FOX Business, 9pm ET tonight) my friend Ed Stringham will talk about how online dispute resolution, which everyone assumed would require government involvement, occurs almost entirely in the absence of government. PayPal transfers billions of dollars for countless members. They assumed they’d… Read More
Krugman and DeLong Gang Up on Murphy
You guys know Bob Murphy and I are friends. (Not many people would portray a zombie in an Internet video to promote someone else’s book , as Bob did.) Well, the other day, Brad DeLong of Berkeley, along with Paul Krugman, ganged up on Bob because he made what turned out to be… Read More
Benton: Never Prouder of a Boss Than of McConnell Today
Guess Which Is the Most Violent Country in South America
Venezuela, where private gun ownership is illegal .
Parents for Liberty
I get lots of requests for pro-liberty materials for children. A new site, Parents for Liberty , fills an important gap by providing valuable links and resources for parents and children alike. I should note as a caveat that I personally think the extension of libertarianism to the… Read More
Ask an Austrian Economist
We have a kind of “Ask an Austrian Economist” section at LibertyClassroom.com , and someone recently asked: Peter Schiff has been very outspoken on his show on the idea that a large increase in the interest rates will lead to massive bank failures. He was critical… Read More
Will Boehner Be Unseated?
Sources say enough Republicans are prepared to unseat Speaker John Boehner from his position. Hooray. They also say Eric TARP Cantor is being considered to replace him. Boo.
Disproportionate Number of Companies Have 49 Employees
How about that. I wonder why ….
If You Think Voters Are Clueless…
…you don’t know the half of it, concludes a new study in the American Political Science Review . Voter biases of various kinds, the study finds, impede their ability to evaluate the performance of politicians dispassionately. In a series of experiments, researchers from Yale, UC San Diego, and UC Berkeley found that voters “are… Read More