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Europe's Energy Crisis Was Created by Political Intervention

World History

Blog10/17/2022

The European electricity market is probably the most state-regulated in the world. More intervention is not going to solve the problems created by politics.

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Edward Chancellor's Much-Needed (But Not Heeded) Wisdom on Interest Rates

Central BanksInflationU.S. Economy

Blog10/14/2022

The world seems to be on fire, and much of the trouble comes from the efforts of central banks to suppress interest rates. No one understands that problem better than British historian Edward Chancellor.

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Environmental and Political Elites Are Destroying Food Production for "Climate" Goals

Big GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationGlobal Economy

Blog10/03/2022

In pursuing CO2 reductions like Captain Ahab chased Moby Dick, Western elites are destroying much of the world's agriculture base.

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Escaping Russia's Military Draft Is an Act of Self-Defense

World History

Blog09/27/2022

Fortunately, the world is composed of many separate states, which enables "disobedient" residents in one state to escape to others, and fleeing conscription is merely an act of self-defense.

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Eat or Heat: Europeans Already Are Facing Previously Unthinkable Dilemmas

Global EconomyProgressivismStrategy

Blog09/26/2022

The European elites that imposed disastrous covid-19 restrictions, along with "green energy" regimes and sanctions against Russia are now seeing the results of their policies.

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Europe Ditched Russian Energy. Now People Are Sitting in Line for Days to Buy Coal. Is Biden to Blame?

Economic PolicyGlobal EconomyWar and Foreign Policy

Blog09/21/2022

Winter is approaching and Europeans are facing homes without heat, thanks to the US-led sanctions against Russia. Who will carry the blame when people freeze to death?

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Europeans Were Not the Only Slave Traders in Africa

World History

Blog09/14/2022

While the current political narratives claim that only Europeans were involved in the infamous transatlantic slave trade, the Africans themselves were also major players in directing and overseeing it.

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Everything You Wanted to Know about Money but Were Afraid to Ask

Money and Banks

Blog09/05/2022

What is money? Thorsten Polleit explains in a brilliant lecture delivered in Prague.

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