War and Foreign Policy

On this episode of Power and Market, the group discusses the fallout from Israel's strikes on Iran and the Trump Administration's (changing?) position on immigration enforcement.

We cannot allow the establishment to write the history of 2000–2025. To that end, consider this non-exhaustive bibliography for understanding this turbulent period.

Bitcoin’s power lies not in being wielded by geopolitical superpowers. Turning it into a “national strategic asset” undermines its very essence. If bitcoin is to remain a tool of freedom, it must resist becoming a tool of empire.

Why is gold at a record high? How does modern mercantilism fuel today’s tensions? Are we all just pawns in a much bigger game?

The central government intervention suspending each foreign currency exchange license in the country is an example leading to a loss of freedom for each NGO operating in the country.

Mark Thornton discusses a lesser-known factor in the American Civil War: the Confederate “impressment” policy and its impact at Vicksburg.

This brief historical sketch brings us to how the American and Israeli militaries of today have adopted a nineteenth-century-style war of extermination against what they consider to be another “lesser race.” 

The free market replaces the struggle for survival found in the animal world with social cooperation in which everybody benefits. Capitalism is a system of peace, not war.

Rumor has it that the Federal Reserve was able to resist the president‘s demands to enable funding of the Korean War. However, a look at the record demonstrates conclusively that the Fed bowed to Harry Truman‘s wishes to do what it has done for a century: finance America‘s wars.

Establishment figures erroneously claim Trump’s recent frustrations with Putin prove them right—that Putin can’t be reasoned with.