Freedom, Ownership, and Human Progress
For 6,000 years, men carried things on their backs. Then suddenly the forces of nature were harnessed to do the bidding of the humblest citizen.
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Conventional Education Will Go the Way of Farming
Yes, the facts and figures are a click away. The ability to use, understand, and communicate those facts is what must be taught and currently is not. And it doesn't take an army of 8 million and a budget of 1 trillion dollars and counting to do it.
The Myth of Japan’s Lost Decades
Japan’s economy has not been stagnant; it has in fact been growing in real terms.
Coming Home
It is better to live self-realized and self-responsible than to live dominated or on the end of strings that are pulled or cut by those wearing the masks of power.
Meet My Benefactor
I happened to sit down next to a man last week who has been my benefactor for my entire life and the large part of his, and yet we had never met. In fact, though he has been serving me faithfully for three decades, looking after my well-being and trying to improve my standard of living, he didn't even know my name.
Utah Recognizes Gold Coins to Be Money
What if this law in the state of Utah catches on? What if people started to price goods and services on the basis that $20 equals an ounce of gold?
The Fed Obliterates the Savings Ethic
Lord Keynes was constantly worried that people were saving too much and consuming too little — thus the need for more and cheaper money to stimulate the economy. Mr. Bernanke is nothing if not a good Keynesian, and his low rates make even the savviest question whether to forgo consumption.
The Mind of Hans-Hermann Hoppe
In this wide-ranging interview, he discusses most of insights that have made him a globally renowned intellectual leader. It is an introduction to Hoppe.
A Split in the Right Wing
When the National Review crowd injected evangelical anticommunism into right-wing circles, the conservatives found themselves split into two broad camps.
