Ryan McMaken

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Ryan McMaken (@ryanmcmaken) is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Send him your article submissions for Mises Wire and The Austrian, but read article guidelines first. Ryan has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado, and was the economist for the Colorado Division of Housing from 2009 to 2014. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre.

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Trust in Government at Historic Lows

Politics

10/26/2018Power & MarketRyan McMaken

As an addendum to yesterday's post in civility in government, and the Era of Consensus, take a look at new data released from Pew on faith in government .

The percentage of those polled who say they trust the government in Washington hasn't exceeded 25 percent in ten years.

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Why Hillary Clinton Was Probably Lying when She Said She's Against Civility in Politics

U.S. History

Blog10/25/2018Ryan McMaken

What politicians and pundits of the Clinton variety really want is a return to the days of the Era of Consensus of the 1950s and 60s when uncivil opposition was unthinkable.

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Forced Sterilizations in Peru — Paid for by US Taxpayers

Taxes and SpendingWar and Foreign Policy

Blog10/25/2018Ryan McMaken

The US government used foreign aid to spread a eugenics-tinged sterilization policy in Peru in the late 1990s.

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More than Half of America Gets More in Welfare than it Pays in Taxes

Taxes and Spending

Blog10/24/2018Ryan McMaken

A big chunk of the voting population relies on taxpayer-funded benefits to pad their incomes. The effects on voting and public policy can't be ignored.