Political Economy

Free Market Banking Have you ever had too much money? I have. I once had so much money, that I had no idea what to do with all of it,...

Recently congress has been issuing many different projects to improve military defense that cost a lot of tax payer money and in many circum...

Recently the IRS had been caught for targeting conservative groups during the same time period as the 2012 election.  Today Tea Party activi...

The population of elephants in Africa has declined dramatically in the last twenty years due to the overwhelming desire for ivory. In 19...

Libertarianism in practice: Hayek really had me thinking about Libertarianism in practice. Although Hayek refrained from dissecting pa...

A panel of the  Judiciary Committee are meeting to talk about the immigration proposal which will include talks about improving border patro...

     We have discussed a lot about liberty. Liberty means freedom. Freedom means that you can do whatever you like in this world. But in ord...

I have heard, and even said myself that it is hard to distinguish between liberals and conservatives these days. Perhaps myself and others...

"If it is only given freedom, enlightenment is almost inevitable" - Immanuel Kant  Last week, my Modern European History...

After reading an article by Rebecca Morelle, from BBC I am curios to see what the government is going to say about 3D printed guns. Just ...

Deirdre McCloskey’s blog post entitled “Factual Free-Market Fairness” was called the “greatest blog post ever written” by an economist...

Every few years politicians from both sides always seem to start debating the issue of legalizing the 11 or so million il...

"'When an institution as risk averse as the Defense Department says they have enough tanks, we can probably believe them,' Kenn...

Over the course the semester, I have benefited from examining some of the literary works of notable Austrian Economists. Although I have...

Rent Seeking               In today’s political climate, special interest groups and “lobbying” are a constant topic of discussion...

     One thing it seems many of my peers are aware of, even outside economics, is the high price of sugar in the US. In fact, we were recent...

To increase inclusion in democracy, Young argues for proportional representation as means to encourage voter involvement in politics. A ...

Are We on the Verge of Totalitarianism? On pages 70-71 of  Law, Legislation and Liberty, Vol. 1 , FA Hayek states: "What concerns u...