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Technology Is Meaningless without Entrepreneurship

The EntrepreneurStrategyEntrepreneurship

Blog7 hours ago

While many believe that technology is key to a growing economy, technology is useless without entrepreneurship, which develops uses for technology.

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Econometric Models Cannot Fulfill the Role of an Economics Laboratory

Economic PolicyRationalismPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog06/07/2023

In their desire to make economic theory emulate physical sciences, economist create models that do not reflect genuine human action.

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How Capitalism Redefined Masculine Virtue

Media and CultureU.S. History

Blog06/06/2023

In the pre-industrial world, aggression and physical domination were often labeled as "masculine" virtues because they were useful for survival. The rise of the cooperative market economy changed all that. 

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Environmentalism and the Immoral Low Ground

The EnvironmentMedia and CultureProgressivism

Blog06/06/2023

While environmentalism seems to hold the moral high ground with US elites, in truth it is antihuman and economically and socially destructive.

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US Trade Deficits Are Growing Larger. Or Are They?

The FedInflationMonetary PolicyU.S. Economy

Blog06/06/2023

US trade deficits seem to be expanding, placing pressure on the dollar. However, central banks around the world are just as irresponsible as the Fed, masking the relative devaluation of US money.

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The Republicans' Fiscal Irresponsibility Act

Taxes and Spending

Blog06/06/2023

The Republicans' "Fiscal Responsibility Act" allows the government to continue adding trillions of dollars of debt that will be monetized by the Federal Reserve.

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Yet Another Month of Questionable Federal Jobs Data as 310,000 Fewer People Report Having Jobs

U.S. Economy

Blog06/05/2023

In 2023, self-employment has collapsed again with year-over-year self-employment growth dropping by 6.5 percent. That's the largest drop since December 2007, when the Great Recession officially began. 

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The Market Process Is Not a Knowledge Problem

HayekCalculation and KnowledgePricesProduction Theory

Blog06/05/2023

While F.A. Hayek's famous 1945 essay effectively critiques the "perfect information" hypothesis, it is an inadequate explanation of the issue of economic calculation.

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