One of the foremost arguments in favor of the existence of the state is the consequentialist argument. This argument posits that the state’s actions in society are justified because they make society a better place — or in more proper terms — increase society’s total welfare. …

Over the course of 2022, I read approximately 37 books. I say approximately because it is completely possible (and completely probable) that there’s one or two that I read this year but forgot about, or incorrectly assumed I had read it in a previous year. Regardless, below is a short…

If you thought you still had time before our robot overlords would arrive, I am saddened to report that you are mistaken. They are here, and its name is Chat GPT. There’s been various forms of AI — most of them quite gimmicky — that have been available to the…

One of the least-examined topics in the realm of Austrian Economics is the category of Thymology. As a frame of reference, searching “Praxeology” in Google Scholar yields 16,800 results, whereas searching “Thymology” yields only 477. Even its originator, Ludwig von Mises, wrote about Thymology only sparingly. In Theory and History…

One of the core tenets of the Neoclassical view of competition and monopolies is market power. Taking an example from a run-of-the-mill mainstream economics textbook, it reads: “You may recall that a market is competitive if each buyer and seller is compared to the size of the market and, therefore…

This officially marks my one-hundredth blog post! I first started my blog in December of 2018, began regularly updating it in October of 2019 and have been consistently writing here ever since. …

Every election cycle, the tagline is the same: “THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME!” The upcoming elections in 2024 might actually be worthy of the title, however. …

What is the ideal society? If we could remove all obstacles and impediments, what kind of world should we create? …

The economic burden of inflation continues to ravage economies around the world. From the U.S. to U.K. to the Eurozone, people are finding that the money in their wallets and bank accounts buys less and less every month. As with all problems, everyone is looking for three things: strategies, solutions…