What Caused Venezuela's Tragic Collapse? Socialism.
A vital lesson, as we confront calls for more regulation and government control in all aspects of our lives.
A vital lesson, as we confront calls for more regulation and government control in all aspects of our lives.
Chris Christie rules the Garden State's beaches with an iron fist.
Capitalists and capitalism can save the South American country.
Venezuela descends into chaos as Chomsky says he's right about Hugo Chavez's sharp poverty reduction.
Protests over starvation and the deteriorating economic and political conditions reveal the end-game in any socialist project.
At least 20 people have died during unrest this month.
Nicolas Maduro's Venezuela is one place where Friedrich Hayek's most dire warnings remain relevant.
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch talk Mad Men, Elon Musk, Venezuela, and the value of boozy dinners with male bosses.
In a move the Organization of American States called a "self-inflicted coup."
It's not the bakers who are waging "economic war" against the people of Venezuela. It's the government.
From storm coverage to the deep state, many in the media display a pro-government bias.
U.S. foreign policy as another battleground for petty partisan politics.
"How can you stop software running on the internet?"
The calls arise after allegations of corruption and human rights abuses under Maduro.
Authorities uncover a warehouse with 11,000 mining computers drawing enough electricity "to power a whole town."
Three men and one woman were charged with "electricity theft" and "internet fraud."
Pragmatism trumping ideology is a positive sign for cryptocurrency.
Stories that inspire others to generate bitcoins for the victims of socialism and legal representation for cellphone Romeos.
Rodrigo Souza on why technology is the clearest path to freedom.
Cryptocurrency vs. tariffs, monetary controls, and red tape.
Socialist Venezuela may not outlast Fidel Castro by much.
How cryptocurrency is turning socialism against itself
Government responds to inflationary pressure by contributing to it.
Maduro-aligned election board delays referendum until 2017, virtually guaranteeing socialist rule until 2019.
2008 Cato Institute Milton Friedman Prize winner Yon Goicoechea is among the arrested.
Maduro's government claims the lines are a calculated political attempt to stir up "anxiety."
Can be ordered to work in fields for up to 60 days or longer to provide food for starving country.
Planning a recovery is tough in a country where an awful lot of guys with guns aren't ready to admit that socialism has failed again.
The Ministry of Urban Agriculture promotes home and community gardening in hunger-wrecked Venezuelan cities.
Self-induced catastrophe
President Maduro says images of the horror his country has become are part of a conspiracy against his government.
The story of Chile's success starts in the mid-1970s, when Chile's military government abandoned socialism and started to implement economic reforms.
Vigilante violence plagues the streets, citizens are hunting dogs and cats for food, but the president insists Bolivarian socialism will save the day.
The Fifth Column discusses whataboutism, third-party challenges, J.K. Rowling's defense of Trump's free speech, and more
Instapundit Glenn Reynolds points to the real-time economics lessons coming out of Venezuela...
Bolivarian socialism apparently means financing things like lousy race-car drivers while the people lack medicine, food, and toilet paper.
For the Vermont senator who favors press censorship and sees bread lines as evidence of success, the Bolivarian regime would seem to embody his ideals.
But it's more just a desperately poor nation suffering from socialist mismanagement and oppression.
A scitech research and policy roundup for January 6, 2016
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