Recent Op-Eds

Tyranny of the Taxers

By Richard W. Rahn. Washington Times. June 18, 2013.

By almost any measure, personal well-being — life expectancies, living standards and personal choices — is increasing far more rapidly in the smaller-government, lower-tax states than in the big-government states.

North Korea: From Hyperinflation to Dollarization?

By Steve H. Hanke. Globe Asia. June 17, 2013.

For years, North Korea has been crushed by a communist command economy, producing little besides mass starvation. More recently, the plight of North Korea’s economy has been exacerbated by harsh, foreign economic sanctions — which only seem to have driven the regime to double down on its nuclear ambitions. …

Wasting Time in Belfast

By Doug Bandow. National Interest (Online). June 17, 2013.

America is broke and cannot be expected to forever subsidize its many prosperous and populous allies.

The Biggest Fool of All

By Doug Bandow. American Spectator (Online). June 17, 2013.

Who is Vietnam-evading Bill Clinton to call anyone a wuss?