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What Goes Wrong When the Government Mandates Prices

Featured Scholars: Russ Roberts, Richard Epstein, Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, Lee Ohanian, John Cochrane, Daniel Heil "Prices are a fact of life, and so is complaining about them. You probably prefer lower prices on just about everything, but especially when buying a house or paying for college, and you wish... Read more →

The Unsavory Union of Corruption and Hypocrisy - Meet the new Poster Boy

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean”. Matthews 23, v.27 A union of corruption and hypocrisy came to light in August 2021... Read more →

In Memoriam of Jeffrey D. (Jeff) Robertson

Today (Monday, August 2, 2021) I lost a dear friend. A brother I never had. To all those who knew him, he was one of a kind and generous, almost to a fault. Funny and humble with a discipline unseen by most of us. A discipline that was applied with... Read more →

The Roots of Progress

The story of human progress—and how we can keep it going I stumbled across this interesting blog recently. Take a look here...The Roots of Progress You might also find this article of interest...Why I'm a proud solutionist Enjoy! Read more →

Government and the Cost of Living

by Ryan Bourne Read the original post at CATO.org here,,, "This paper sets out nine policy areas across all levels of government that, combined, directly raise spending for typical households in the bottom 20 percent of the income distribution by anywhere from $830 to $3,500 per year. This list is... Read more →

Why demonise anti-vaxers and Florida?

In his Thursday, June 24, 2021 column Front Porch, Simon says: "There is a disturbing moral selfishness by those who refuse to be vaccinated, who contract the virus overseas, mostly in south Florida, then return to The Bahamas, potentially spreading more dangerous variants. "This is worse than magical thinking. It... Read more →

Joe and Janet, Robber Barons

Yes, unbelievable as it may be to small children, governments and double standards go together like peanut butter and jelly. by Lawrence W. Reed This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. Imagine if oil companies got together and agreed to charge consumers no less than $3.50... Read more →

Is California Over?

California’s population is declining for the first time in recorded history. As the Golden State loses a congressional seat, Texas is picking up two. Texas may not have the beaches, the forests, the celebrities, or the glamour. It'll just have the jobs, the companies, the forward momentum, and the people.... Read more →

UN and illegal immigrants

Dear Editor, I write in reference to the unwarranted and unwanted interference by foreign peoples in the national internal affairs of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in its attempts to protect Bahamian citizens and legal residents from theft of Bahamian land by illegal foreign immigrants, who then, totally contrary to... Read more →

The Struggle for a Better World by Peter Boettke

"In The Struggle for a Better World, Peter J. Boettke explores how the social sciences, and political economy in particular, help us understand society and its institutions of governance. Boettke advances an approach for understanding, articulating, and pursuing a coherent and consistent vision of a society of free and responsible... Read more →