Lindsay Mitchell writes – Welfare is markedly missing from 2026 election campaign issues.There’s been far more debate about Super: its cost, means-testing and the age of eligibility. New Zealand is an outlier. Australia, the UK and the US have a qualifying age of 67. Whether NZ joins must be decided. Super isn’t sustainable. But what […]
Welfare missing from 2026 election
Welfare missing from 2026 election
07 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: 2026 general election
Why George Orwell was a great writer
03 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in liberalism, war and peace, economics of education, Marxist economics, defence economics
George Orwell is widely regarded as a great writer because he combined unusual clarity of prose with intellectual seriousness, moral urgency and a remarkable ability to turn political ideas into memorable literature. His style is one of the main reasons. Orwell worked hard to make difficult ideas seem simple without making them simplistic. His prose is […]
Why George Orwell was a great writer
Capitalism or Free Enterprise?
29 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics Tags: The Great Enrichment
I’ve addressed this issue in 2016 and 2021, so let’s continue this once-every-five-years tradition and ask whether supporters of economic liberty should stop advocating for “capitalism.” Instead, they should say they believe in “free enterprise” or the “free market.” I’ve used all of these terms, but polling data suggests that I’m making a mistake when […]
Capitalism or Free Enterprise?
The Socialist Chic: Almost Half of Americans Now Hold Positive Views of Socialism
26 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA
Karl Marx believed that “Democracy is the road to socialism.” Socialists seem to have found a generation of dupes to…
The Socialist Chic: Almost Half of Americans Now Hold Positive Views of Socialism
The Far-Left Wins Berlin’s Election on the Promise of Seizing Private Apartments
24 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, regulation, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: Germany, rent control
The Left wants to cure the city’s high housing costs by expropriating 225,000 apartments owned by large real estate corporations.
The Far-Left Wins Berlin’s Election on the Promise of Seizing Private Apartments
The Great Enrichment
23 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: The Great Enrichment
Poll: Almost 60 Percent of Democrats Have a Favorable View of Socialism
11 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, history of economic thought, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA
Recent polls show steady growth in support for socialism among Democrats. A new CBS poll shows how popular it is,…
Poll: Almost 60 Percent of Democrats Have a Favorable View of Socialism
Audrey on Te Pati Maori’s bottom line
04 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, discrimination, law and economics, liberalism, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2026 general election, constitutional, law, racial discrimination
Audrey Young writes: Te Pāti Māori not only released a radical Treaty of Waitangi policy this week that would upend New Zealand’s democracy as we know it, co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said the whole policy was a bottom line, meaning it was non-negotiable. That means Te Pāti Māori would not sign up to a centre-left Government unless it…
Audrey on Te Pati Maori’s bottom line
The Milei Miracle, Part V
02 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, libertarianism, macroeconomics Tags: Argentina
The world’s worst-performing economy for 100 years has – in a remarkably short period of time – become an amazing case study of economic liberalization. Thanks to President Javier Milei, Argentina is now enjoying an economic miracle. In Part V of this series (previous versions here, here, here, and here), we’re going to illustrate Milei’s […]
The Milei Miracle, Part V
Abdul El-Sayed and the Piker Problem
29 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech, Israel, Middle-East politics, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, war against terror
There was a curious moment this week when Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed expressed shock that people were asking him…
Abdul El-Sayed and the Piker Problem
#OTD
28 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, liberalism Tags: British politics, economics of slavery
The Fair Share Myth and Other Socialist Fables
22 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Below is my column in the Hill on Mamdani’s “Fair Share Myth” and other fables being spread on the left…
The Fair Share Myth and Other Socialist Fables
Fidel Castro: Human Garbage
22 Aug 2026 1 Comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Cuba, regressive left
I’ve written many columns documenting Cuba’s economic misery. Probably the most-persuasive evidence that socialism has failed in that country is the chart showing how Cuba has fallen behind other (very similar) countries ever since Fidel Castro took over more than six decades ago. Though I’ve always thought the most-damning visual came from the Economist, which […]
Fidel Castro: Human Garbage
“The Cascade of Dysfunction That Helped Doom Jason Arday”
21 Aug 2026 1 Comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: British politics, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
An excellent piece today by Jesse Singal in The Dispatch; the whole thing is worth reading, but here are some… The post “The Cascade of Dysfunction That Helped Doom Jason Arday” appeared first on Reason.com.
“The Cascade of Dysfunction That Helped Doom Jason Arday”
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