Baseball, Rule of Law, and the “Torpedo Bat”

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Andrea Martinez & Jesus Maria Alvarado Andrade

“We were born in Venezuela, so naturally, we like baseball. As Venezuelans, we share this passion with the United States. In addition to being Venezuelan, we are also husband and wife — one an economist, the other a lawyer. We often find ourselves in intense discussions on various topics—perhaps because one of us leans more libertarian and the other more conservative, in the American sense. Despite our disagreements, we’ve reached a fundamental point of consensus: baseball is the best sport to illustrate the political ideal of the Rule of Law — and, by extension, the principles of a free-market economy.” (05/02/25)

https://fee.org/articles/baseball-rule-of-law-and-the-torpedo-bat/