The current crisis teaches us that excessive regulation and bureaucratic sloth can have deadly consequences. Here’s John Stossel’s video with another lesson, explaining that we need more capitalism rather than more government. This seems like a no-brainer, especially given the wretched economic performance of countries where the government owns or controls the means of production. But not everyone agrees. The appropriately named Paris Marx […]

Will self-interested politicians use the crisis as an excuse to shovel goodies to their friends and cronies?

A silver lining to all the bad news.

There’s a bipartisan effort to ban the practice.

And my biggest fear.

Which nations have the most onerous rules governing private behavior?

Why is more government a good idea when the sectors where we already have lots of government perform worst?

It shouldn’t be a surprise that we have ever-rising costs and lots of bureaucracy.

Bureaucrats at the Department of Labor are using bad methodology to harass and extort a company.

Housing across the nation will be much more affordable if state and local governments let markets operate.