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Don't Trust the Government with Breathalyzers and other Forensic Evidence

Ryan McMaken

Government police, analysts, and lab workers have been repeatedly shown using faulty technology, forging documents, and falsifying lab results to arrest, prosecute, and convict innocent citizens.

It's Trump vs. the Deep State vs. the Rest of Us

Ryan McMaken

Even The New York Times now admits there is a deep state — and that it serves its own agenda while ignoring the elected civilian government.

WeWork's IPO Disaster and the Problem of Easy Money

Justin Murray

When operating in an easy money regime, finding investments capable of providing reasonable returns becomes difficult to near impossible. Low risk vehicles are bid down to near-zero returns, pushing investors into ever riskier vehicles to generate enough return to cover objectives.

Yes, Taxation Is Theft

David Gordon

The government may claim that it needs the funds to provide essential social services: are the poor to be left to starve? But these assertions do not justify its policy of forcible seizure.

Why Friedman Is Wrong on the Business Cycle

Frank Shostak

A common view is the bust is caused by various mysterious factors that have nothing to do with the previous boom. But that the main problem with Friedman’s model is the lack of a coherent definition of what a boom-bust cycle really is.

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