Week in Review: July 8, 2017
Sometimes, "it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another."
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Anti-Cash Fanaticism in Scandinavia
With very little mainstream press coverage, the Danish government in May stated its intention to ban cash from its largest prisons.
The US Is Not “One Nation” — And it Never Was
Many hold to a nostalgic view of the United States as a single nation once unified by a common culture. This was never true.
We Don’t Need a Presidential Commission on Voter Fraud
First it was "Russian hacking" as the excuse for a federal takeover of elections. Now its "voter fraud." The states should tell the feds to get lost.
Lew Rockwell on The Origins of the Mises Institute
Lew Rockwell explains how he created the Mises Institute as "a shadow university setting in which students could study economics" within the Austrian school.
Money, Keynes, and History
Though the descent of Keynesian doctrine from intellectual respectability can be denied no longer, it still gravely threatens sensible monetary policy.
The Left/Right Crack-Up Over Seattle and the Minimum Wage
So while the left’s support of the minimum wage is offensive, the right’s fight against what’s offensive perhaps explains why we still have wage floors.
The Flint Water Disaster Shows Why We Need Markets
Public television keeps alive the idea that disasters caused by government bureaucrats will be solved if only we get the "right" people to run things.
Testosterone and the Madness of Central Bankers
People really do experience a type of high when experiencing windfall profits. Does this play a role in central-bank-induced booms and busts?
Why Civilization Needs Money
Our civilization is inseparably linked with our methods of economic calculation.
