A Rothbardian Dissection of Javier Milei – Part II
2024-05-31
Read part I here.Milei and the Chances of PrivatizationThough privatizations have not yet arrived, the state-owned airline is on the agenda. The company was renationalized in 2008, forcing taxpayers to prop up an airline that has been directly bailed out by the government since 2021. For true privatization, all regulation prohibiting competition and all taxation in the industry should be abolished—falling short of this, it should come with deregulation and less taxation. Milei has proposed to give the company’s shares to its employees and thereby transfer ownership to them. They would either bear responsibility for the company or sell their shares. While this may be the most expedient method toward privatization in a country where unions have so much influence and power to negotiate, it is
Free Markets and the Antidiscrimination Principle
2024-03-21
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
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Haiti, Jimmy Barbeque, and Uncle Sam
2024-03-21
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Reimagining Public Safety – The Case for Privatizing Security
2024-03-19
Since the conclusion of World War II, each biennial session of Congress has ushered in a staggering 4-6 million words of additional legislation. However, amidst this flood of legal text, the State’s focus on expanding regulations and enforcing compliance has overshadowed its fundamental obligation: provision of security—the cornerstone of what progressives call the social contract.This neglect is starkly evident in the steady decline of the national homicide clearance rate over the past fifty years. While governmental efforts have been fervently directed towards the complexities of tax codes and corporate statutes, commitment to solving violent crime has dwindled.Sources: (https://www.federalregister.gov/reader-aids/understanding-the-federal-register/federal-register-statistics,