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Karl Marx and the Great Socialist Revival

Blog01/10/2019James Bovard

As decades pass since the fall of the USSR, romanticism is replacing the bitter facts of the lives people in communist regimes were forced to live

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Kirk Kerkorian: Misesian Entrepreneur

The EntrepreneurEntrepreneurship

Blog10/26/2018Doug French

Kerkorian was an eighth-grade dropout who would go on to earn billions, and epitomized Mises's idea of the entrepreneur.

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Krugman Kontradictions

Big GovernmentMedia and CultureOther Schools of Thought

Blog10/04/2018Robert P. Murphy

Besides the fun of catching Krugman in his flip-flops, his record shows just how weak the empirical case for Keynesian fiscal policy is.

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Krugman Unwittingly Compliments Free Market Conservatives

Corporate WelfareFree MarketsOther Schools of Thought

Blog06/08/2018Robert P. Murphy

Well look what happens if you actually call Krugman’s bluff and click on the link.

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Keynesism Crippled by Facts

SocialismTaxes and Spending

Blog05/11/2018Henry Hazlitt

Keynesism—the philosophy of big government spending, deficit financing, and continuous inflation—dominates nearly every government in the world.

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Kentucky Teachers Want a Taxpayer Bailout

Taxes and Spending

Blog04/19/2018Troy Vincent

The success of the private sector precedes the ability to have any employment in the public sector at all. But teachers want the private sector to pay until it hurts.

Krugman and the "Heroic" Fed

The FedMoney and BanksMoney and Banking

Blog10/18/2017William L. Anderson

If Krugman had his way, government agencies would have unlimited powers to control the economy, since government agents know better than everyone else.

Keynes: A Master of Confused and Confusing Prose

World HistoryHistory of the Austrian School of EconomicsOther Schools of Thought

Blog09/13/2017Hunter Lewis

A careful reading of Keynes's 'General Theory' suggests its unintelligible prose may be an effort to appear erudite while saying little of value.

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How Fossil Fuel Revolutionized Our Kitchens and Our Food

Ryan McMaken

Coal drove the development of a whole new way of cooking and a radically different diet. A menu based upon coal-fired food was the cuisine that accompanied industrialization. Food and fuel were intricately linked in a fossil fuel-burning age.

Help the Institute Fight Censorship and Expose Government Tyranny

Thomas J. DiLorenzo

In a totalitarian society, truth is determined by government pronouncements. Help the Institute fight back against censorship and continue to expose government lies!

Napoleon: Europe's First Egalitarian Despot

Ryan McMaken

For those who value self-determination, free markets, peace, and freedom, Napoleon provides little to be admired. He was a despot, a warmonger, a centralist, and a hypocrite who claimed to spread freedom to justify his own lust for conquest and power.

Bourne Again

David Gordon

David Gordon reviews Only a Voice, by George Scialabba, dealing with the author's comments on antiwar progressives Randolph Bourne and Dwight Macdonald.

Fed Rate Cuts Will Not Save The Economy

Daniel Lacalle

Because borrowing from the Fed continues to reach new highs, inflation is unlikely to drop as fast as M2 would indicate, and excess money growth continues to generate problems in the economy with few improvements as it just keeps zombie financial entities alive.

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Thorsten Polleit

Dr. Thorsten Polleit is Chief Economist of Degussa and Honorary Professor at the University of Bayreuth. He also...