Recent Op-Eds

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. …

Has Mike Pence, As governor, Forgotten He’s a Fiscal Conservative?

By Tad DeHaven. Indystar.com. June 15, 2013.

When he was a high-ranking conservative Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Pence was a chief critic of Washington’s out-of-control spending and growing debt. Now that he is Indiana’s governor, Pence is dependent on the same federal largesse that he bemoaned. …

Intervention Temptation

By Doug Bandow. American Spectator (Online). June 13, 2013.

Is Washington’s collective madness pushing America towards war in Syria?