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Hopes for "China-ization" of Europe's Economy Fuels the Latest Investor Frenzy

Blog07/30/2020Brendan Brown

If there is a new dawn, it is for the Sinicization of Europe—China-style stimulus administered alongside a severely ailing financial system kept whole by widespread financial and monetary repression.

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Foreign Aid Is Protectionism

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Blog07/23/2020Marcel Gautreau

The economic nationalist faces a dilemma. Foreign aid handouts and economic protectionism are not only wholly compatible in theory, but the effects of foreign aid perfectly complement economic nationalists’ goals.

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The World Is Drowning in Debt

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Blog07/21/2020Daniel Lacalle

Debt is neither free nor irrelevant, as interventionists want us to believe, even if interest rates are low. More debt means less growth and a slower exit from the crisis, with lower productivity growth and a tepid employment improvement.

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How the State Destroys Families

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Blog07/13/2020Jörg Guido Hülsmann

Family policy has become an important area of state growth in recent years. In the past, various state interventions served to protect the family (tax privileges, child benefits, etc.), but today’s politics are almost exclusively harmful to the family.

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Other Reasons to Remove Wilson’s Name at Princeton

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Blog07/11/2020Jacob G. Hornberger

There are at least four good reasons for removing Wilson’s name from Princeton buildings—racial bigotry, his embroiling the US in World War I, his founding of the Fed, and his enactment of the US income tax.

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What Germany Must Do for a Speedy Recovery

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Blog07/07/2020Philipp Bagus

The German "stimulus" package does nothing to actually stimulate true economic growth. If German policymakers were smart, they'd be cutting taxes and spending, while abolishing regulations.

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The Problem with Government "Contact Tracing"

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Blog06/29/2020James Ketler

The government's plan for "contact tracing" to prevent the spread of COVID-19 relies on huge amounts of government spending, plus unproven science as to the nature of the disease.

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A Review of Stephanie Kelton’s The Deficit Myth

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Blog06/23/2020Robert P. Murphy

The good news is that Stephanie Kelton has written a book on MMT that is very readable and will strike many readers as persuasive and clever. The bad news is that Stephanie Kelton has written a book on MMT that is very readable and will strike many readers as persuasive and clever.