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During the late nineteenth century, when silver agitation threatened the gold standard in the United States, gold bonds offered investors some protection from the uncertainties concerning the monetary standard in the United States.

This paper tracks the economic and political developments in the state of Kentucky that led up to the murder, trial, and execution constituting “The Kentucky Tragedy,”

The belief that North America suffered a mass extinction is simply a matter of politically correct multiculturalism.

I say to Judge Posner, look to Hayek on the business cycle, the way you did on law and economics.

The idea is this: in spite of the federal-government's spending at the annual rate of 11 percent of GDP more than it is taking in, there isn't enough stimulus to get our woeful economy going. So, the answer is more spending; indeed, much more spending. If a "shot in the arm" isn't enough, then...