Introductory

Baltic Dry Index Sinks to Historic Lows

The most realistic plan for increasing freedom and free markets is not to vainly hope for a libertarian takeover of DC, but to create our own de facto independent societies right here at home.

At the individual level, we can't get rich by spending money, but Keynesian stimulus is built on the idea that yes, spending money does in fact make you richer. Unfortunately, it only makes some people richer, not including you.

Unable to compete with cheap, government-subsidized services designed for the low end of the market, entrepreneurs find they must turn to higher-end customers who will pay more. Some wrongly interpret this as proof that markets are more expensive than government services.

Government intervention kills another small business

Jeff Deist and Connor Boyak discuss how to raise happy, productive, responsible children who are knowledgeable about liberty, property, economics, and personal finance.

Our #1 show of the year is Patrick Barron in a two-part interview on the end of US dollar supremacy.

Reducing government spending results in an immediate increase in welfare for all productive members of the economy. But, the way we calculate economic growth is rigged to make it look like more government spending fuels economic growth. 

Our friend Robert Bradley recently took a look back 25 years ago when the New York Times still had some scientific backbone.

Here is an interesting table comparing 9 schools of economic thought.