by Henry Oliner | Apr 6, 2016 | Business, Politics
I watched with incredulity as businessmen ran to the government in every crisis, whining for handouts or protection from the very competition that has made this system so productive. I saw Texas ranchers, hit by drought, demanding government-guaranteed loans; giant...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 4, 2016 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism
Governmental policies for the limited purpose of saving the most unfortunate citizens from destitution have merged into governmental policies for the unlimited purpose of redistributing income and wealth among virtually all groups, rich as well as poor. as Mancur...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 3, 2016 | Economy, Politics
Any society that entails the strengthening of the state apparatus by giving it unchecked control over the economy, and re-unites the polity and the economy, is in historical regression. In it there is no more future for the public, or for the freedoms it supported,...
