Monty Pelerin's World

I have no knowledge of what a citizen is required to do when confronted by a census taker or census form. It would seem that this video is correct, but [...]

Virtually every Western democratic government is insolvent.  And governments utilized the same practices as General Motors to reach this point. In GM’s case, poor management was exposed by Honda, Toyota [...]

Tony Blankley captures the flavor of the American political scene in his piece “An American Obsession with Freedom.” Edward Burke referred to “… some favorite point which … becomes the [...]

Complaints about Washington abound. Most consider President Obama the problem. Others consider lack of cooperation or gridlock the problem. There is a problem, even if there is disagreement as to [...]

In a further sign of the deterioration of society, the wealthy (or formerly wealthy) believe they are entitled to be bailed out for their losses. The victims of the Madoff [...]

Image via Wikipedia Washington is cleaning up the airline industry with more regulation. NOT! This latest example of Washington intervention is more patently absurd than others. All are absurd; this [...]

Anyone who has looked at the financial condition of this country knows insolvency cannot be remedied without severe cutbacks in entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Similarly, major [...]

I don’t have the data, but perhaps some readers might. I have often speculated that the cost of a state-university degree is higher than a private university. In my state, [...]

A lengthy article focuses on the problems ahead. It appeared in the February American Spectator. Share/Save Download article as PDF

Liberty as an Ephemeral Event “If men are good, you don’t need government; if men are evil or ambivalent, you don’t dare have one.”  Robert LeFevre Introduction It is natural [...]

The title puts the sound of Obamacare into perspective. Orally, it is possible that the speaker means it either way. “Obama care” is the issue that Simon Johnson, MIT economist, [...]

There is no greater scam than that being perpetuated by fiat money. It is plausible that the gold market might be manipulated because of its critical importance to the current [...]