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In a Post-Liberal World, Conservatives Should Turn to...Liberalism

Anti-PoliticsBig GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationDemocracyProperty RightsPolitical Theory

Like the progressives, modern conservatives have abandoned principles of free markets, private property, and free trade, trading it for a new form of political authoritarianism. The author points to a better way, one rooted in freedom and sound money, not fear.

Federal Control of Abortion Laws Is a Form of Imperialism

Blog05/23/2022Ryan McMaken

The pro-abortion centralist line of "accept our definition of human rights, or else" is what we'd expect from the imperialists of old who claimed the "savages" in the colonies couldn't be trusted with self-government.

The Pandemic of Executive Overreach Comes to an End. When Will the Next One Begin?

Bureaucracy and RegulationProgressivism

Blog05/23/2022Mitch Nemeth

While the covid-19 pandemic brought sickness and death, another pandemic raged through Washington: abuse of executive power.

Austrian Economists Are Not Surprised by the Shortages

Booms and BustsCoordinationBusiness Cycles

Blog05/23/2022Connor Mortell

While supporters of the Biden administration fault Putin for shortages, Austrian economists know the answer lies in Washington's monetary and economic mismanagement.

It's Not Just the USA: The Economic Instability Is Global

InflationKeynesBusiness Cycles

Blog05/21/2022Paul Tolmachev

The combination of covid lockdowns, money pumping, and attempts to force a new green economy are taking their toll. This is not going away any time soon.

The Fed's Latest Housing Bubble

Booms and BustsThe FedBusiness Cycles

Blog05/21/2022Mark Thornton

After the 2008 housing bust, the government supposedly set up a fail-safe mortgage program aimed at preventing future bubbles. It failed.

Christianity and the Development of Human Capital: Challenging the Narratives

The EntrepreneurPoverty

Blog05/20/2022Lipton Matthews

While the standard secular narrative is that Christianity held back science and human development, history tells a different story, one of literacy and the development of human capital.