Subprime Loans, Subsidized Land, and Manipulated Money

A magical story of the Invisible Hand - Part I

A magical story of the War in Iraq - Part II

Carbon credits trade actual pollution for a hypothetical reduction in the uncertain future

France and UK push for lower taxes on "green" industry

Do the Kosovars have a natural right to independence?

In June 2007, Florida's governor signed into law a ballot measure that would enact a big reduction in the state's property taxes.

The federal government has initiated an anti-trust action against the Whole Foods grocery company to prevent it from merging with Wild Oats.

Russia is trying to claim what once was owned by nobody and used only by indigenous hunters. Might there be a better way to satisfy everyone's interests?

The civil war between the Fatah and Hamas parties in Gaza and the victory by Hamas militants is yet another example of the dismal failure of mass democracy

The coal industry spent $6 million on federal lobbying in 2005 and 2006, and if a new bill passes, they would get billions in subsidies

Thousands of violent demonstrators flocked to the G-8 summit of the chiefs of the major countries in Heiligendamm, Germany

What justifies the ownership of anything? Ethics, governance, and economics are interrelated and can be unified in one system

One has to be a diet warrior to persevere in the face of our society's fierce opposition to healthy eating

A song about courage and value

The fundamental causes of the Panic of 1907 were the flawed monetary and fiscal systems of the United States

Perhaps our insensitivity to killing is a result of thousands of years of cultural evolution

We avoid learning from history even when we know it, so how much worse will it be when history is forgotten?

If a pure free market has peace, prosperity, and harmony, then the absence of these today must have its cause in government intervention

The bear will devour us with falling stock markets, folks losing their homes, loans in default, business shut downs, and job losses