Let Unsound Money Wither Away
Joe Salerno provides a brief description of fractional reserve-banking, identifies the problems it presents in the current institutional setting, and suggests a potential solution.
Interventionism
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Hyperinflation in Germany, 1914–1923
What the witch was to medieval man, what the capitalist is to socialists and communists, the speculator is to most politicians and statesmen: the embodiment of evil.
The Great Depression
The American economy could not recover from legislative onslaughts by both the Republican and then the Democratic administrations. Individual enterprise, the mainspring of unprecedented wealth, didn't have a chance.
The Right to Own a Gun Isn’t Just for Americans
Private firearms ownership decentralizes coercive power, transferring some of it from the state to the private individual. Naturally, political regimes oppose this. But even many non-Americans embrace private arms.
Another Pointless Antitrust Campaign by Federal Regulators
The feds claim the chicken industry is trying to exploit the consumer. Yet several decades ago, chicken was more expensive than beef, but thanks to industry efforts, chicken is exceptionally affordable now.
James Mill: Laissez-Faire‘s Lenin
As leader of the laissez-faire radicals in England, James Mill was a master of political strategy, although some of his methods were rather morally deficient.
Who Should Decide What Goes into a Can of Tomatoes? Food Laws from a Voluntaryist Perspective
This paper recounts the history of food inspection from a voluntaryist perspective. In England and the United States, the efforts to achieve food safety have relied upon two main methods: education and legislation. Governments did nothing that could not be done on the free market.
Another Pointless Antitrust Campaign by Federal Regulators
The feds claim the chicken industry is trying to exploit the consumer. Yet several decades ago, chicken was more expensive than beef, but thanks to industry efforts, chicken is exceptionally affordable now.
Covid and the Escalation of Medical Tyranny
Covid has exposed how easy it is for government to weaponize healthcare. How long will the doctor-patient relationship remain sacred?
Let’s Stop Ignoring the History of Conquests and Atrocities Committed by Non-Europeans
Unfortunately, conquest and subjugation of others is hardly a trait unique to Europeans.
