How Conscription Ended Fifty Years Ago
For the past fifty years, the US has not had a military draft. Unfortunately, the end of conscription did not mean US military interventions abroad ended.
For the past fifty years, the US has not had a military draft. Unfortunately, the end of conscription did not mean US military interventions abroad ended.
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The "2 percent" inflation target is purely arbitrary, and mainstream economists can't agree on the "right" level. It's all folly, and Austrian economics explains why.
The DOJ claims that it has "protected" consumers by standing in the way of a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines. The only thing the DOJ protected was higher-cost flying.
Although most of Europe has long forgotten Misesian thinking, Prince Michael of Liechtenstein is an exception.
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Progressives have distinguished themselves in the past half century by being against progress. That trend is unlikely to change.
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The seventy-fifth-anniversary celebration of the British National Health Service masked the real failures of this system, one that only can become worse over time.