Bolton is a leading cheerleader for the modern American surveillance state and for endless intervention abroad. 

Steve Hanke dissects Trump’s tariffs, trade tensions, and India’s big test

Steve Hanke is a Distinguished Senior Scholar at the Mises Institute and a Professor of Applied Economics at the Johns Hopkins University. He can be followed on X @steve_hanke.

Given David Gordon’s recent talk on the subject of the foreign policy recommendations, the great historian Charles A.

In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln offered an interpretation of the Declaration of Independence. In this week’s column, I’m going to examine that interpretation. The matter is of more than a little importance, because the address has become part of the American “civil religion” and those who support this religion want to require all Americans to unite in accepting it.

Powell caves to administration pressure and predicts rate cuts. Meanwhile, asset prices soar on the news of more inflation. 

[Inflation and the Family: Monetary Policy’s Impact on Household Life by Jeffrey L. Degner. (Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2025; 242 pp.)]

Key personnel in the Trump administration have accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of making false claims on mortgage applications. Basically, Cook is accused of claiming that she was going to use properties as her primary residence when she really planned to use those properties as investments. NBC news reports: 

This article is adapted from a lecture delivered at the Revisionist History of War Conference at the Mises Institute, May 17, 2025.