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“If soldiers are not to cross international boundaries, goods mustdo so. Unless the shackles can be dropped from trade, bombs will drop from the sky.”— Otto T. Mallery

Now that a few years have passed and the dust has settled from the Comcast-NBC merger, how has it affected Netflix?

Immigrants have the potential to make great contributions to the United States; the current political debate often clouds the pressing need for greater migrant labor.

This truth is important when discussing so-called predatory pricing.

Where there’s little to no capitalism, there are lines.

Aristotle’s arguments on property are still relevant today. Many free-marketeers have forgotten that there are more benefits of private property than mere economic efficiency.

There's no written backing for the power the Supreme Court wields.

To date, 'The Road to Serfdom' has sold more than 2 million copies.

The legacy of the Peróns and Perónism is a costly one, for which Argentina is still paying the price.

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Retaliation from our trading partners already is causing problems.

Current tax law was simply not written to accommodate citizens living in foreign countries.

Comparative Advantage Explains Patterns of International Trade

will increasingly see anyone railing against that government as hateful.A government that gets to determine hate speech

Federal regulation of immigration is a power both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison maintained was “no where delegated to the federal government.”

Which story will define and inform your lives?

Beyond the AfCFTA, overall trends across the continent indicate shifting attitudes towards free enterprise.

Anyone who thinks individual rights come from nine elite lawyers is about the furthest thing from being egalitarian.

School choice is not religious in principle. It is anti-dogma in principle, valuing the fit between school and student, asserting the validity of many paths.

As demonstrated in a new study by the Employment Policies Institute, more generous welfare entitlements lead to more poverty and more people on welfare.

Early FedEx packages had the words “Extremely Urgent Material” stamped on the side of the packet. Because that was the wording of the exception to the delivery monopoly!

The Democratic critique of the tax cuts has grown increasingly incoherent.

It is not America that exports or imports, but individual Americans.

Western nations are abandoning the policies that made them prosperous.

If we’re ever to rein in spending on Medicare and Medicaid, it’s likely going to come about due to government officials making decisions about who qualifies for what kind of health care.

With the rising influence of public opinion, public ideas of justice and mercy impact our lives more acutely. Alison Ettel has seen this firsthand.

Truly market-based economies inherently provide the best chance of an equal opportunity for participation no matter your size, strength, race, or gender.

The state’s hunger for tax revenue and control directly undermines well-intentioned humans’ efforts to be civil to each other.

Belgium's Communist party is gaining support in the polls despite being ideologically motivated by some of the worst criminals of the 20th century.

How do you react when presented with new information or a viewpoint that contradicts your beliefs?

Any power exercised by the federal government that is not among those delegated in the Constitution is power exercised without the consent of the governed.

“Only the best is good enough.”

How is itpossible to insist that the next socialist regime will be different?

New Jersey is a fiscal disaster area.

As this new mode of transportation grows in popularity, regulators should put some basic rules in place and leave the rest to innovation and common sense.

The march of the populists—on both the Left and the Right—shows no sign of slowing.

Do you really know your opposition's party? Do you even really know your own?

As always, the solution involves more communication.

Washington D.C. clearly does not care what the consumers want.

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Many say they love freedom, but professed love is not enough.

Governments are stifling freedom on goods used to celebrate a holiday about freedom.

He’s a self taught martial arts expert, has had videos he’s made stolen by Quentin Tarantino for movies, been parodied on Wayne’s World and the Late Show, was sent cease and desist letters from Saturday Night Live and UnderArmor and he’s probably taught more people how to shoot a firearm than any man in history.

Through commercial interactions, they are helping to break down walls between culturesand replace them with bonds of neighborliness.

If monopolies are bad, then public schooling is possibly the worst kind of monopoly.

Given the uncertainty around CNMI’s economic future, some individuals are taking actions to transform the Commonwealth into something more sustainable.

Is this too little, too late?

The Supreme Court got it right 25 years ago, and it was wrong to second-guess that decision.

The choice should be made by people, not by legislation.

No country can afford to treat jobs as so many ounces of gold that must be counted stored and protected from obsolescence.