1Preface
6161. Capital: The Invisible Input
22. A Failure to Communicate
6262. Free Markets and the US Health Care System
33. Buying Local Sends False Signals
6363. The People Behind the Corporations
44. Carrying Water Is Hard Work If Done Alone
6464. The Costs of Protectionism
55. The Rise of Preppers and Their Lack of Confidence in Society
6565. Governments and Organized Crime
66. Come on Down—The Price Is Right!
6666. Trends on Starvation
77. If It Walks Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck....
6767. Government Programs and Inflation
88. It’s Almost Midnight to Some
6868. Sunk Costs and Opportunity Costs
99. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
6969. Rights as the Border between Legal and Illegal Harm
1010. Borderline Disorder
7070. Born in the USA
1111. What Exactly Is in That Price?
7171. Is There Any Such Thing as Too Much Lobster?
1212. Self-Driving Cars
7272. Financial Markets and Casinos
1313. The Tragedy of the Commons
7373. Organizations Not Worth Dying For
1414. Don’t Tread on My Rights
7474. Free to Choose Communal Living
1515. What on Earth Is the Noosphere?
7575. The Right to Not Employ
1616. Roscoe Filburn and Interstate Commerce
7676. Getting to Know All about You
1717. Quality of Life and Granite Countertops
7777. Paying Boxers More than CEOs
1818. Mind the Inequality Gap
7878. Modern-Day Luddites
1919. The Fallacy of Dollar-Cost Averaging
7979. Libertarian Principles
2020. A Flock of Birds and a Stock Trader Walk into a Bar...
8080. Prices as Our Guiding Lights
2121. The Animal Farm Called the American Campus
8181. Stealing from the Rich and Giving It to the Intelligentsia
2222. Cooperation and Coercion: A Distinction with a Difference
8282. Trends in American Influence Peddling
2323. Attacking the Founding Fathers
8383. The Poverty of Nations
2424. Wealth Is Not a Mirage
8484. Birds Do It, Bees Do It, and So Can Most People
2525. And the Buyer and Seller Said, “Thank You” in Unison
8585. Feeding the Needy
2626. Wins for Lawsuit Victims Are Losses for Consumers
8686. Progressive Crony Capitalism
2727. Taxing Robots
8787. Liars, Damn Liars, and Politicians
2828. Chess Lessons
8888. Searching Voting Booths for Escaped Convicts
2929. The Ehrlich-Simon Bet
8989. Y2K and the Scourge of Change
3030. FDR’s Second Bill of Rights
9090. Foreign Cars with “Buy Local” Bumper Stickers
3131. The Corruption of Robin Hood
9191. Milking Technology
3232. Truly Free Speech Hurts
9292. Let them Eat Non-GMO, Organic, Gluten-free Bread
3333. Hate, American Style
9393. A Wagon Worth Falling Off
3434. Feeding the Welfare Monster
9494. All Lives Matter
3535. Public Servants
9595. Competition Is Good for the Soul
3636. The Right to Harm Others
9696. Socialistic Societies Had More to Fear Than Fear Itself
3737. Fishing for a Healthier Environment
9797. When Sharing Is Not Caring
3838. Born into Communism
9898. The Price Is Usually Right
3939. Free of Trade
9999. Imitation Can Be the Surest Form of Theft
4040. The Power of the Future
100100. Speculators and Rats
4141. Chesterton’s Fence
101101. Bedrooms and Boardrooms
4242. Hating the Person in the Mirror
102102. Liberals in Action Can Be Worse Than Liberals’ Inaction
4343. Is It Good to Have a King?
103103. Biting the Hand That Feeds Them
4444. Is Everything Relative?
104104. Technology Fails
4545. The Soviets in the Rearview Mirror
105105. Worker-Related Deaths
4646. Prices as an Information Freeway
106106. A Nation Divided
4747. Lessons Learned in Sunday School by the Teacher
107107. The Bomber Boys’ Free Rides Not So Free
4848. The Hutterites and the Shakers
108108. World-Class Welfare
4949. Our Youth Should Protect Their Future
109109. Identity Politics
5050. Why Not a $50 Per Hour Minimum Wage?
110110. Greed Is Not Good; It Is Great
5151. The Bottom Line
111111. A Soda for Me and Some Oats for My Companion
5252. In the Cosmic Scheme of Things
112112. Who’s to Say That America Has Never Had a Female President?
5353. Strong Fences Make Good Neighbors
113113. Conservatives Aren’t the Only Endangered Species
5454. Too Big to Fail
114114. The Pigs? Let Them Eat Bread
5555. Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due
115115. Critical Thinking
5656. Trusting a Bear to Be a Bear
116116. Ways to Ruin and Save an Economy
5757. The FDA as America’s Killing Machine
117117. Final Thoughts on Inequality
5858. Odds Are That Prices Tell Us a Lot
118118. For Generations Still to Come...
5959. Moravians in Early America
119Acknowledgments
6060. Is the Quality of US Health Care Falling?
