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Blog12/01/2023

Dr. Gary Schlarbaum, one of our generous supporters, has again offered to match donations received through December 11. He's ready to match your gift today!

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Israel: A Rich Nation Receiving the Bulk of US Foreign Aid

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Israel is a wealthy nation, yet it also is the largest recipient of US foreign aid. Are those aid dollars value-adding or value-destroying?

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What Would Happen If the US Stopped Supporting Ukraine?

Blog12/06/2023

The standard line from US political elites is that failure to aid Ukraine would mean Russia's destruction of what is left of the country. However, the likely result would be a negotiated peace.

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The Money Supply Continues its Biggest Collapse Since the Great Depression

Blog12/05/2023

The money supply in October fell for the twelfth month in a row, and with the money supply now falling near or below negative 10 percent for the eighth month in a row. But the money supply is still up 32 percent since 2020.

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30-Year Mortgages Are Still a Sweet Deal—For People who Already Have Them

Blog12/05/2023

Government intervened into home mortgages to subsidize home buyers and make home ownership more "affordable." As with most interventions, the results have backfired as home prices and mortgage rates skyrocket.

Socialism vs. Economic Freedom

12/05/2023Mises Daily Articles

The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants to integrate himself into the totality of society.

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Understanding Our Disharmony

Blog12/05/2023

Ostensibly to combat "disunity," political elites have called for Americans to unite over the "public good." However, the policies these elites want to put into place are the very cause of disharmonies in the first place.

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Paul Krugman Blames Economic Pessimism on Partisanship. He’s Wrong.

Blog12/04/2023

Paul Krugman has an easy answer for those that ask why people are pessimistic about the economy: the dastardly Republicans have fooled everyone. There are good reasons for the pessimism that we shouldn’t ignore, however.

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How Not to Desocialize: Argentina Edition

Blog12/04/2023

While Argentina president-elect Javier Milei plans to privatize state-owned enterprises, there is a right way and a wrong way to privatize these entities. Murray Rothbard and Hans-Hermann Hoppe show the way.

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