Financial Crises, Then and Now

A comparison from the Mises Institute.

Headline of the Day

Being a jolly old soul is against the law.

Can the Bulldog Be Saved?

Well, only be making it something other than a bulldog.

Headline of the Day

I always am.

Prince of Peace

America Before the Welfare State

It was a land of great charity.

E-Verify and Wages

Wages for native-born Americans in Arizona did not go up after the state mandated that businesses use E-Verify.

Too Soon?

A new baseball team's name is bringing criticism.

The UFC Sues the State of New York

I wish them luck, but I'm not sure the First Amendment is the best basis for their lawsuit.

A Tax on Both Their Houses

The latest from Dalton's own Wyle Wingfield.

The New Jim Crow

Shika Dalmia's latest column.

The Modern Bastiat

Frederic Bastiat may have been that greatest economist who wrote for a popular audience of all time. Several econ blogs have been discussing who is the modern Bastiat. My old grad school professor Don Boudreaux weighs in.

A Day at Immigration and Customs Enforcement

A dialogue by Bryan Caplan.

Eternally Blue

Alabama Has Jobs

But no one wants to take them.

Government Doesn't Even Redistribute Wealth Well

Arnold Kling has the numbers.

Correction of the Day

I didn't realize math would be involved.

What Herman Cain Doesn't Know

Peter Suderman says the sex scandal is actually diverting attention to what a horrible candidate Cain actually is.

Fox's Plans for the UFC

Don't sound good. Any time Brock Lesnar gets near a microphone it's a disaster, so I'm not sure what they are thinking making him an announcer. The rest of it sounds equally bad.

The 1 Percent, Today and Yesterday

Don Boudreaux was one of my professors in grad school. He's still teaching, but he has also become a prolific writer of letters to the editors of various publications. Here's his latestt.

Jim Cornette

Talks to Alex Marvez.

Headline of the Day

Here.

Libertarians without Borders