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The Enclosure Movement and the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions

The EntrepreneurFree MarketsWorld History

Blog09/12/2022

While historians paint the enclosure movement in negative terms, it actually played an important role in developing agricultural entrepreneurship.

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The False Benefit of Less Land Use for Agriculture

Big GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationFree Markets

Even as population has grown, increasing the intensive margin for agriculture has led to increased food production. This may not necessarily be a good thing.

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The Praxeological Origins of the Price System

CoordinationFree MarketsMonetary Policy

Blog09/02/2022

Commodity money isn't a government creation, as so many believe. It has a definite praxeological foundation.

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A Textbook Case

DemocracyFree Markets

Blog09/02/2022

Is democracy a superior substitute for free markets? Jedediah Purdy believes so. David Gordon sets him straight.

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Review: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics

Free MarketsU.S. EconomyHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

Blog08/31/2022

If you wish to get a better understanding of economics, don't follow the mainstream. Instead, read Thomas DiLorenzo's new book.

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Why I Love "Price Discrimination"

Free MarketsPrices

Blog08/30/2022

Mainstream economists say everyone should pay the same price for the same good. But that doesn't totally make sense.

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The Mali Empire: An African Story of Gold and Greatness

Free MarketsWorld History

Blog08/27/2022

The Mali Empire flourished as a trading center and gold-producing region from the late Middle Ages into the mid-seventeenth century.

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Taking Stock of the Assets We Have (and We Have a Lot of Them)

Cronyism and CorporatismFree MarketsStrategy

Blog08/27/2022

While the antimarket and antilibertarian forces are strong, it is easy to forget that free market advocates also have a powerful set of tools.

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The Acadian Community: An Anarcho-Capitalist Success Story

AnarchyFree MarketsWorld History

Blog08/26/2022

Before it was destroyed by British aggression in 1755, the Acadian community in Nova Scotia provided a window into an anarcho-capitalist society that was cohesive and successful.

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Malcolm McLean: The Unsung Capitalist Hero Who Changed the World One Container at a Time

Bureaucracy and RegulationFree MarketsU.S. EconomyWorld History

Blog08/25/2022

Before Steve Jobs and the iPhone, there was Malcolm McLean, inventor of the shipping container. McLean made the iPhone—and many other things—possible.

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