February 17, 2013

There Is No 'Good Regulation'

For an unapologetic capitalist, it's particularly frustrating when an allegedly pro-capitalist politician lacks the intellectual ammunition to adequately defend the free market. Concessions to statist opponents provide the illusion that statists...

March 12, 2011

It Takes a Potemkin Village

After annexing the Crimea in 1783, Catherine the Great wanted to launch a war against the Turks to drive them out of Europe.  To do so, she needed to form an alliance with the Hapsburg emperor Joseph II.  But Catherine had a problem:  ...