Interventionism

The person who epitomizes the fear of deflation best is Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Interviewed by host Ben Stone, Mark Thornton talks about Bitcoins, fiat greenbacks, the Federal Reserve, and the Iron Law of Prohibition.

Interviewed by host Coy Barefoot, Mark Thornton talks about the NSA spying on Americans, and more.

The IRS has a history of political abuse. Hoover, FDR, JFK, and Richard Nixon all used the IRS against enemies, long before Clinton or Obama.

Interviewed by host Mike Stein of KWAM 990 AM, Mark Thornton talks about Edward Snowden, PRISM, unchecked government powers, and more.

Consider the sheer idiocy of paying legions of twenty-somethings who cannot speak Arabic, Farsi, or Pashtun, and who know practically nothing of the history, customs, folkways, and traditions of these places.

Interviewed by host Barb Adams, Mark Thornton talks about ‘The Great Gatsby’, the economics of prohibition, gun control, and more.

David Gordon gives a review of John R Lott's At the Brink: Will Obama Push Us Over the Edge?.

If we define austerity more properly as a reduction in the size of government, then it cannot be held responsible for the crisis in Europe, because it was never tried.

Social insurance co-opts all potential sources of political opposition, making it inherently a fiscal doomsday machine.