Today is May Day, or International Worker’s Day: an international day for celebrating the achievements of workers and the struggle for organized labor. You might have thought that the proper day was Labor Day, as traditionally celebrated on the first Monday in September. Not so; the federal holiday known as Labor Day is actually a Gilded Age bait-and-switch from 1894. It was crafted…

Roderick T. Long: We tend to think of the “ruling class” as a Marxist concept, but the notion has a long history before Marx.

There’s a popular historical legend that goes like this: Once upon a time, back in the 19th century, the United States economy was almost completely unregulated and laissez-faire.

To hear a government official come right out and admit they’re creating a shadow legal system is incredible – and terrifying.

Seth Goldin: When is a contract not enforceable? When shouldn’t a contract be enforced?

The state’s monopoly on law replaces accountability with victim blaming.