Treason and Its Misprision
The U.S. Constitution defines only one criminal act, treason, and does so in such a way as to deliberately restrict...
Robert E. Wright
And Secure the Blessings of Liberty
On this Constitution Day, 2021, I again write about the crucial importance of the Preamble to the proper interpretation of...
Uncle Sam’s Hamartia = Your Early Death
Since the New Deal, it has been in the best interest of the U.S. government for Americans to drop dead...
America’s Medici Moment?
In a fascinating 2017 Journal of Economic Perspectives article entitled “Towards a Political Theory of the Firm,” University of Chicago...
Incremental or Radical Policy Reform?
Those who would reform US public policy in the direction of increased efficiency fall along a spectrum, from those who...
Stakeholders v. Stockholders
The notion that stakeholders and stockholders battle for control of major business corporations is an oversimplification of a much more...
More from Meerlo on Mass Psychology
In May of this year, AIER contributor Barry Brownstein in “Big Brother Depends on Little Brother” introduced me to Joost...
Spencer Roane, Enduring Paladin of States’ Rights
Spencer Roane (1762-1822) is one of hundreds of forgotten Founders, men and women (serious, not pandering, about that) who helped...
Critical Economic Theory
I was recently honored with the opportunity to speak to some of America’s best and brightest high school teachers, ones...
Is It Democracy if Ballots Aren’t Secret?
Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), America’s twenty-third president (1889-1893) and the grandson of its ninth president (William Henry Harrison, 1841), may have...
AIER Doing It Right
In the last few years, AIER has become a global economic policy powerhouse. Some of the architects of that house...
Economics of Liberty
I found Freedom Fest 2021, recently held in Rapid City, SD, an invigorating and healthy experience. A few vendors appear...
