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Flawed as we are and with limited knowledge about the world and ourselves, we might not know what is objectively “best for us long term.” Government planners know even less.

We will win. But how long will it take, and at what price victory?

Suppose some people don't like the services furnished by a "minimal state." Don't these people have the right to establish their own services to compete with the minimal state?

The Federal Reserve now owns $2.6 trillion in mortgages. That means about 24 percent of all outstanding residential mortgages in this whole big country reside in the central bank.

When we ask ourselves the question, “Can states survive without fiat currency?” the answer is clearly yes.

Friday's jobs report was weak, but the most alarming datapoint is that real wages are plummeting.

In this episode, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop dive into the politics of inflation.

After many months of covid stimulus, there's a bonanza in US pandemic profits. But unlike price inflation, these profits really are likely to be transitory.

Patrick and Tho look at how dreams of conquest in Canada, Spanish Florida, Mexico, and beyond have had tragic consequences for Americans' liberty.

Jeff Deist surveys the role economics (and economists) should play in society.