International Liberty

1 min read 2021-11-25 22:40:04

Happy Libertarian Thanksgiving

Over the years, I’ve shared three videos making the same point about how the first European settlers in America nearly starved because of

1 min read 2021-11-24 23:03:51

There are certain topics that seem to be slam-dunk wins for those who favor free markets and limited government, and one reason I make this assertion

1 min read 2021-11-23 23:05:29

In my column yesterday about state tax systems, I specifically noted that North Carolina has been making big improvements. Not only did the state

1 min read 2021-11-23 00:18:32

Motivated in part by an excellent graphic that I shared in 2016, I put together a five-column ranking of state personal income tax systems in

1 min read 2021-11-22 05:05:34

I’ve posted several videos about the Keystone Cops of airport security (see here, here, here, here, and here) and here’s another one to

1 min read 2021-11-20 20:44:08

I try to share something humorous every weekend (economics humor last weekend and politician humor the previous weekend). This weekend, we’re going

1 min read 2021-11-20 00:15:07

First we got Biden’s $1.9 trillion so-called stimulus. Then we got his $1 trillion-plus infrastructure boondoggle. Now Congress may be on the verge

1 min read 2021-11-18 23:44:46

Immediately after election day in early November, I applauded voters in the (very blue) state of Washington. They wisely expressed their opposition

1 min read 2021-11-18 00:04:30

I’ve periodically warned the European nations such as France, Italy, Greece, and Spain almost surely are doomed to suffer a fiscal crisis. This is

1 min read 2021-11-17 01:44:06

I regularly cite data about Europe’s sub-par economic outcomes in hopes of driving home the point that the United States should not copy that

1 min read 2021-11-15 23:56:27

Back in May, as part of a discussion about the tradeoff between free markets (efficiency) and redistribution (equity), I put together a chart to show

1 min read 2021-11-15 00:10:05

There are some issues – such as class-warfare tax rates and the minimum wage – where intelligent people on the left will privately admit being

1 min read 2021-11-13 01:50:28

Way back in 2009, I shared a meme that succinctly summarizes how Washington operates. It’s basically a version of Mitchell’s Law. To elaborate,

1 min read 2021-11-11 22:12:38

I can’t resist taking online quizzes about politics and economics, especially when they generate results that I like (I’m a “minimalist” on

1 min read 2021-11-10 23:07:08

Biden’s budget plan is based on fraudulent numbers, but it is also based on the fraudulent idea that a big, European-style welfare state can be