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The Nigerian government should have seen the economic disaster the eNaira would cause. They didn’t, and chaos and rioting followed.

Decades of low interest rates have ruined saving in the US economy, and banks are going to pay dearly for it.

Economists and political elites fondly claim that economic growth is due to increased technological knowledge. That is only partly true.

The covid restriction machinery is being ramped up in time for fall, despite the fact that covid poses little danger.

In their war against free speech, progressive governments are now denying dissidents use of the banking system.

Some Jamaicans complain that the Chinese are "colonizing" the country because of their economic success there. Actually, their success is due to entrepreneurship and plain hard work.

China rose from poverty after the Mao years only because its political leadership embraced private property and a market economy. Unfortunately, today the Communist leadership is moving back to socialism.

To progressive elites, the state (at least one run by progressives) is omniscient and all-powerful. To anyone with understanding, the state is an entity usually run by gangsters.

The vast American welfare system is imploding. Future tax revenues will not come close to meeting future obligations. Something must give.

Keynes denounced monetary gold as "a barbarous relic." In the end, it will be that "barbarous relic" that overthrows the regime of paper currency.