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How Central Banking Increased Inequality

12 hours agoFedWatchLouis Rouanet

Focusing almost exclusively on consumer price inflation, economists have overlooked the redistributive effects of money creation through other channels.

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Before "Fake News," America Invented "Pseudo Events"

Media and CultureU.S. History

Blog19 hours agoRyan McMaken

For decades, the American media has been skillfully perfecting the art of creating its own "pseudo events" when real news has been hard to find.

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Korea and Venezuela: Flip Sides of the Same Coin

War and Foreign Policy

Blog23 hours agoJacob G. Hornberger

Trump's suggested invasion of Venezuela illustrates why other regimes are looking for ways to obtain nuclear weapons.

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Why Cryptocurrencies Will Never Be Safe Havens

Blog08/14/2017Mark Spitznagel

Cryptocurrencies are an important step in the right direction. But thinking that we are magically creating new stores-of-value is a profound mistake.

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I Just Got Price-Gouged and I'm Still Smiling

Blog08/14/2017Allan Stevo

Today I paid $10 for a $3 umbrella and I write this to you as a dry, happy man.

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A New Murray Rothbard Book

Media and Culture

Blog08/14/2017Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Lew Rockwell has great news: a brand-new Murray Rothbard book on The Progressive Era. And do we need it!

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World War I and the Triumph of Illiberal Ideology

Protectionism and Free TradeWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History

Blog08/14/2017Matthew McCaffrey

Mises warned that war is the outcome of abandoning economic freedom, which is inextricably tied to the spirit of liberalism and its philosophy of peace.