Who should support the disabled?
This article originally was published at the Future of Freedom Foundation on December 26, 2012. Some of the most terrifying …
Category: Economics
Posts on economics
Posts on economics
The Magic of the Free Market: Pencils
Check out this amazing short film by the Competitive Enterprise Institute based on “I, Pencil” by Leonard Read: The free …
The War on Private Property
Do you want to live in an authoritarian society? Do you desire an intrusive government? Do you wish for a …
The War on Poverty: A Critical View
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was …
Stubborn Facts and Hard Heads
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was …
Painting Government Into a Corner
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was …
Bob Murphy on Christians and Anarchism
When Bob Murphy isn’t posing as a Progressive interviewer of allegedly neo-confederate authors, he’s busy writing his own books and articles. Murphy, a …
Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally …
Thinking About Economics: It’s more than just money.
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally …
Key Elements to a Successful Federal Budget
Yet another federal budget charade is now in progress. This time for fiscal year 2013, which begins on October 1, …
Budgeting Leviathan
The U.S. government is the largest and most powerful government in the history of the world. But that stature comes …
Our Marxist Tax Code
Originally published at The New American on April 10, 2012. Tax season is winding down once again, but the progressivity …
Statist Baggage on the Airlines
First it was the TSA; now it’s the airlines. In addition to getting their bodies squeezed by the TSA, airline …
Everyone Should Use LSD
The character Flik in the movie A Bug’s Life was always on the lookout for an invention that would improve the …
Ron Paul’s Plan to Restore America
Monday afternoon marked the release of Ron Paul’s “Restore America Now” economic plan and federal budget, and it is impressive. …
The Progress of Greed
Capitalism has an ironic side effect after generations of progress: we forget about the minutia of production and the importance …
The Lottery is the Best Tax
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
What’s Wrong with Social Justice?
What does “social justice” mean? To the extent that it is about justice – outputs being aligned with inputs; effect …
Freedoms I Wish the Military Were Defending
“Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.” ~ George W. Bush, September …
Equality, Envy and Idolatry
My latest post over at the Common Sense Concept: The poor in the US are doing very well compared to …
Private Charity Isn’t Enough
“The idea that churches can tackle national poverty, take care of those who are ill, and rebuild communities after natural …
What “rights” do Christians have?
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
Politicians are self-interested too (and probably more than you are)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
Economic Theory, Self-Interest, and the Bible
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
Moral Busybodies
This is a post originally written for the Prometheus blog, but it no longer appears there so I thought I’d …
Two Concepts of Equality
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The great …
Which kind of Equality?
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The eighteenth …
Should We Let Things Get So Bad They Finally Get Better?
A snippet I wrote for the March 2010 issue of Liberty Magazine in the Reflections section under the title “Story …
The Philosophy of Ludwig von Mises
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article is …
The Market Economy and Its Life-Support System
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The World …