Politics

Mark Thornton explains how inflation drives the K-shaped economy, why gold and silver remain central to the debt crisis, and why socialism appeals to young Americans left behind by government failure.

As socialists gain increasing power in this country, their first target is private property. We need to push back against this wave of legalized theft.

Some claim that if socialists understood economics they wouldn't be socialists. This is doubtful since the larger motivation is often political control.

While governments charge fees for just about everything, suddenly governments have decided that private fees are harmful. Illinois has been especially aggressive in trying to make certain transaction fees illegal, but the results are different than what politicians there anticipated.

Murray Rothbard realized the present system of punishment for committing crimes is both inadequate and unjust. We need to move to a system of restitution.

It is one thing to understand socialism on an abstract basis but quite another to spend an extended amount of time in a socialist country, this one being the former USSR. The failures of socialism become obvious when seen on the ground.

Murray Rothbard realized the present system of punishment for committing crimes is both inadequate and unjust. We need to move to a system of restitution.

In attempts to rectify what are seen as historical wrongs against certain groups of people, western governments have embarked on programs to engage in wrongs against other groups of people. The universal principles of liberalism are supplanted by policies sure to make matters worse.

The Federal Reserve claims that its policies are aimed a keeping prices stable. However, these policies actually undermine the economy and make it unstable.

For many years, some economists and politicians have painted income equality as a major threat to our economy and well-being. As usual, they understand neither inequality nor economics.