Does the widening US trade deficit pose a threat to the economy?
Focusing on the trade deficit, writes Frank Shostak, only diverts the attention from the real culprit, which is the US central bank.
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For A New Liberty: Spring 2006
Please help the Mises Institute make Rothbard's For a New Liberty available again! It is a complete libertarian manifesto: ethics, economics, history, politics, law, and society--all in one book.
Praise Be to Tax Competition!
Tax competition occurs when a government uses its tax system to try to attract capital, business activity, or wealthy people from other countries, writes Richard Teather.
Aren’t Deficits Another Name for Saving? Nope.
Robert Murphy says that linking government deficits to private savings and growth is not merely inaccurate; it is exactly backwards.
Republicans and Education Centralization
In politics the greatest evil often comes from sources people least suspect. Conservatives and Republicans, for example. They are now responsible, through the most sly and underhanded means, of putting the federal government in charge of certifying the rigor of the nation's public high schools – an unprecedented power grab.
What Empiricism Can’t Tell Us, and Rationalism Can
According to the empiricist, writes Mark Crovelli, nothing about the social world can be known with apodictic certainty.
The Union Conspiracy Against Wal-Mart Workers
Most of the commentary on the ongoing propaganda campaign against Wal-Mart, writes Thomas DiLorenzo, ignores what is probably the most important aspect of it: It is a labor union-inspired campaign against Wal-Mart employees.
Why I Wrote My Histories of Thought
Murray N. Rothbard explains why he wrote two huge volumes about the history of economic thought. Here is the full introduction to his magisterial works.
Department of Computer Security? It’s a Joke
If you want to make a geek laugh derisively, writes Jeffrey Tucker, suggest that responsibility for computer security be turned over to the government.
Energy Markets: Shackled More Each Day
Energy policy makers tell you that they are working hard to bring you cheaper, cleaner, better gasoline. But the reality is otherwise.
