The Free Market 14, no. 3 (March 1996) Look at the back of your computer monitor, the bottom of your table lamp, or the label on your hair dryer. Chances are you will see the symbol “UL” with a circle around it. It stands for Underwriters Laboratories, a firm headquartered in Northbrook, Ill., and an unsung hero of the market economy. Most
The Free Market 32, no. 8 (August 2014) Mises Institute: Why were you invited to debate at Oxford? Mark Thornton: The Oxford Union can pretty much get whoever they want to debate, including presidents, prime ministers, Mother Theresa, the Dalai Lama, and even Julian Assange, so I was honored that they invited me. I met several students in the
The Free Market 13, no. 2 (February 1995) This past baseball season promised to be the most exciting in my lifetime. Then the players’ union opposed the owners’ demand for a salary cap and refused to work. Baseball struck out. In the battle over blame, the most curious call is the union’s for a “free market.” The most often-cited remedy is to
The Free Market 13, no. 4 (April 1995) Americans are rightfully skeptical of “economic development.” From India to Egypt to Brazil, it has meant Aswan Dam-size government projects that have failed to raise living standards while generating pollution and cultural instability. Free-market economic development is entirely different. Real
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