Donald J. Boudreaux

  • Arguments Against Markets

    “Those of us who want to keep government small and strictly limited — and, hence, who want individuals to make whatever peaceful choices they wish — are far outnumbered by individuals who distrust markets to deliver enough of the goods to enough of the people.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

    Arguments Against Markets
  • The Super Market

    “Something that you can purchase with income you’ve earned with just a few minutes of your work-time is something that includes the work-effort of thousands or millions of strangers.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

    The Super Market
  • No, Biden’s Protectionism Isn’t “All About National Defense”

    “Evidence from America’s past… lends no support to those who insist that, absent higher tariffs and subsidies, America will probably be unable to maintain the industrial might she needs to defend herself militarily.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

    No, Biden’s Protectionism Isn’t “All About National Defense”
  • On the Efficiency and Morality of Free Markets

    “Conservatives should be among the first to recognize that the struggle for political power when the state enforces concrete moral codes is destined to lead either to tyranny or to society-shredding violence.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

    On the Efficiency and Morality of Free Markets
  • Protectionists’ Cheap Tricks

    “Gains from trade are mutual, a reality that isn’t changed one iota by imposing a political boundary between the traders. Protectionism therefore strips both foreigners and Americans of these gains.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

    Protectionists’ Cheap Tricks
  • Substitution Effects and Steering-Wheel Daggers

    “Because of substitution effects, we should always be aware that outcomes quite different from those that seem most obvious are possible. Mandating greater automobile safety might reduce traffic fatalities. Or it might not.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

    Substitution Effects and Steering-Wheel Daggers
  • They Can Afford It!

    “Even companies with unusually high net worth cannot, in fact, afford to pay workers more than those workers contribute to the companies’ bottom lines.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

    They Can Afford It!
  • The Justice of an All-Volunteer Military

    “A person who voluntarily enlists in the military obviously believes that that employment option is the best one for him or her. In exchange for his or her performance of military duties, that soldier or sailor is paid.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

    The Justice of an All-Volunteer Military
  • Should We Panic Over Excessively Low Global Temperatures?

    “We simply have no way to trace out more than a minuscule fraction of the economic consequences, positive and negative, of government efforts to alter a phenomenon as massive as the earth’s environment.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

    Should We Panic Over Excessively Low Global Temperatures?
  • Can Prosperity Feed Perceptions of Poverty?

    “The only sense in which the American middle-class is disappearing economically is that an ever-increasing percentage of American households earn annual incomes that are in the upper brackets.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

    Can Prosperity Feed Perceptions of Poverty?