Recently added articles from The Freeman:
Perspective: 5,999,999,999 and counting
Dec 01, 1999; ... Sometime this fall the world's population was estimated to have reached six billion. The U.N. Population Fund, which "knows" precisely how many people there should be in the world, also "knows" precisely what day the world hit six billion: October 12. In fact, no one knows precisely how ...
Unfettered powerful extremes
Dec 01, 1999; ... Over the years, intelligent and well-meaning opponents of private property and free markets have offered thoughtful and articulate arguments in support of government intervention. None of these arguments have withstood close scrutiny, but at least they were offered in the spirit of honest ...
It just ain't so!
Dec 01, 1999; ... The Fed Sets Interest Rates? Newspaper headlines across the country on July I provided some bad news for consumers: "Fed moves to raise interest rates." Associated Press writer Martin Crutsinger explained: "The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in two ...
Why Y2K?
Dec 01, 1999; ... We are fast approaching that fateful day, January 1, 2000. Whether the muchdebated Y2K problem will come in with a bang or merely a whimper, only time will tell. But it is interesting to ask why we are in this situation today. In a recent issue of The Freeman, Mark Skousen blamed the ...
Reclassifying a classic
Dec 01, 1999; ... For a century and a half, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) has been read and reread, told and retold, performed and reperformed. Written in 1843, it is the best-known and best-loved Dickens tale. We all know the story. Or do we? Many people, both fans and critics of ...