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Ideologues seldom give way to the facts.

The problem here not that the central bank is "setting" the "wrong" interest rate. The problem is the Fed has long been relentlessly forcing down interest rates to satisfy various politically determined "needs."

On this week's episode, Mark summarizes some problems with taxpayer-subsidized EVs.

Rent control is all the rage with progressives, with several states and localities trying to impose it. However, when people have their property effectively—and legally—stolen, there are long-term consequences.

After 1820, growing numbers of propertyless squatters were voters, and this was an opportunity for politicians to offer cheap land in exchange for loyalty to the Democratic Party.

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation supposedly protects people from government data abuse. In reality, it empowers governments.

Socialists like Bernie Sanders have decried the possible US government debt default. Marx and Lenin would have vociferously disagreed.

Ryan, Tho, and Kerry Baldwin take a look at why some politicians say they're "nationalists."

South Africa is suffering from rolling blackouts and other power outages. These could be avoided if the government would permit competition in electricity markets.

In today's progressive climate, sexual assault charges are easy to make and hard to refute, even when they are demonstrably false.