I sleep a little better knowing that 20 kids who had not heard of Ludwig von Mises seven months ago now know who he is. Thomas DiLorenzo pays eloquent tribute to this incomparable teacher and mentor. The government wants Americans to stop smoking. But as Steven Yates explains, people and the reasons for their habits vary widely, making the blunt instrument of the state particularly bad at addressing the great tobacco issue. The federal government has been paying to put more police on the street.
Most people take as a given that more police are better.
James Payne dissents. Lawrence White investigates. The United Nations Conference of Trade and Development laments the increasing poverty of the least developed countries in this era of globalization. This month James Ahiakpor says this is an unfair charge and Kirzner defends his position. The issue of sweatshops has returned.