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What Have We Learned? Lessons from America’s Great Depression?

Book ReviewsBooms and BustsAustrian Economics Overview

Blog03/14/2023

“America’s Great Depression” serves as a reminder that a brighter future where these missteps are recognized and no longer pursued, is in fact possible.

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Why Biden's Spending Is Unsustainable

Cronyism and CorporatismDemocracyEconomic PolicyProgressivismTaxes and SpendingU.S. Economy

Blog03/09/2023

It's popular for politicians to claim they will never cut Social Security. But doing nothing now about the program means imposing an even larger hit on seniors in the future. 

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What Would Happen If American Elites Told the Truth?

Media and CulturePolitics

Blog03/08/2023

Lying by elites that control our nation's institutions has become so commonplace that now we only can dream and fantasize about what might happen if someone in those places told the truth.

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We Are All Counterfeiters Now

The FedInflationKeynesMonetary Policy

Blog03/07/2023

Get beyond the PhDs running the Federal Reserve or the way people treat the Fed with deference. In the end, it is nothing but a legal counterfeiting ring.

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When Military Strategy Ignores Economics: The Sad Story of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan

War and Foreign PolicyWorld History

Blog03/03/2023

Do military leaders really understand economics and, especially, do they understand the devastating effect war has on peaceful economies? Certainly, not enough of them understand economics.

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Why You Should Fear "Bipartisan" Agreements in Congress

Cronyism and CorporatismPoliticsStrategy

Blog02/20/2023

When we see real bipartisan action in Congress, it usually is for the worst.

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Why Madison and Hamilton Were Wrong about Republics

U.S. HistoryWorld History

Blog02/18/2023

The authors of the Federalist Papers claimed a strong central government was needed because republics are prone to "anarchy." The Dutch and Swiss examples show they were wrong. 

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Why Ron Paul Is Right

U.S. HistoryWorld History

How has Ron managed to be right so often? He is a brilliant expositor of basic Rothbardian principles about the free market and a noninterventionist foreign policy.

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