Guns and Butter
di Connor O'Keeffe
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Iran, the Midterms, and the Myth of Government by the People
Iran, the Midterms, and the Myth of Government by the People
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Weekly commentary by Connor O’Keeffe, examining some of the biggest stories in the news through an Austro-libertarian lens.
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- Iran, the Midterms, and the Myth of Government by the PeopleTrump’s apparent willingness to restart his unpopular war with Iran after next week’s elections reveals a fundamental problem with modern mass democracy. And, in doing so, it…
- Trump Is Right to Lift Diesel Sanctions on Russia. He Should Go FurtherLifting sanctions on Russian diesel may provide Americans a little relief from high energy prices. The same economic logic applies to the thousands of other sanctions Washington…
- The Invisible Heroes of Our TraditionWe often remember the thinkers who defended liberty when its prospects looked bleak, and for good reason. But we should also remember the people who supported them and made their…
- Why Our “Populist Moment” Keeps FailingPopulists have spent the past decade rebelling against a political system they correctly recognize as rigged. But they keep focusing on its surface-level symptoms while ignoring…
- The Politics of Faking SuccessTrump showed how effective it can be to simply declare success and let supporters believe it. Other politicians are taking notes, even as the problems they all pretend to have…
- Why the AI CEOs Really Want to Be RegulatedThe top AI CEOs aren't acting like they genuinely believe their technology will soon cause human extinction. But they are acting like the successful cartelizers of history, who…
- How Neoliberals Fueled the Rise of SocialismThe neoliberal establishment has done much to define our highly-interventionist, inflationary, and crony system as true free-market capitalism. They shouldn’t be surprised…
- Profiting from Government Didn’t Begin with TrumpTrump has made his family billions by courting foreign and corporate money and accepting extravagant gifts while in office. But he didn’t bring self-enrichment to Washington, he…
- The Flock Camera Backlash Is a Very Good SignThe backlash against automated license plate readers is not really about traffic cameras. It is about a public that no longer assumes the people in charge are acting in good…
- 5 Things Anthony Fauci Teaches Us About the American GovernmentFauci is back in the limelight after the release of his diary before a Senate hearing last week. And that’s good, because the career of Anthony Fauci can teach us a lot about…
- Is This Country Having Its Socialist Moment?Democratic socialist candidates are becoming a serious political challenge in Democratic Party primaries. Have Americans suddenly become convinced by the arguments in favor of…
- Greenspan Was The Perfect Fed Chair. That Is Not a ComplimentThe Fed Chair’s job isn’t to stabilize the economy. It’s to use prestige, technical jargon, and mind-numbing dullness to cover for the central bank’s expropriation of the…
- The Musk Trillionaire Panic Is a DistractionElon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire has triggered a familiar round of progressive outrage. But the imprecise focus on wealth distribution obscures the real issue…
- Warsh’s Concerning Interest in Redefining “Inflation”Although it's true that many government-driven price hikes in recent years aren’t “inflation” in the strict sense, the pain they cause is just as real. Warsh’s push to narrow…
- Trump’s Iran Predicament Is His Own FaultTrump is trapped in a genuinely difficult situation as he tries to reach a deal with Iran. But it is a crisis of his own making. Also, the establishment figures now condemning…
- A Rothbardian Case Against Bad Data Center PolicyAI has created enormous demand for new data centers, and many communities do not want them nearby. The Rothbardian answer is not blanket permission or blanket prohibition, but a…
- Progressives and Conservatives Are Wrong About Taxing the RichBoth progressives and conservatives show a complete unwillingness or inability to distinguish between those who got rich by genuinely creating value by serving others and those…
- How Antitrust Populists Drove Spirit Airlines Out of BusinessAntitrust populists claimed blocking the Spirit–JetBlue merger would protect competition and consumers. But their effort led to an intervention that strengthened the very…
- The American People Should Not Be Forced to Fund Israel’s AtrocitiesThis Tax Day, as the American public reflects on what our government is using our money for, there is growing opposition to the behavior of the Israeli government. Yet we’re all…
- The Economic Destruction of Trump’s War Goes Far Beyond High Gas PricesThis war is not just making energy more expensive, it’s knocking out the higher order goods the global structure of production depends on. This has already locked in dangerous…
