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Why Regimes Want to Rule Over Big States with More Land and More People

Decentralization and Secession

Blog6 hours ago

All else being equal, a physically large country provides regimes with more opportunities to wage more war, collect more taxes, and control more people.

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How Should We Regulate the Sun (Since Our Government Regulates Nearly Everything Else)?

Economic FreedomProperty RightsPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog07/03/2023

Do we have a right to sunlight? How do we assert those rights? Murray Rothbard provides some answers.

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The Affirmative-Action Ruling Strengthens Vast Federal "Anti-Discrimination" Powers

Decentralization and SecessionU.S. History

Blog07/01/2023

The conservative judges chose to perpetuate the court's well-established and disastrous use of the Equal Protection Clause to ensure the federal government possesses nearly untrammeled power in the name of combatting discrimination.

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Why the Official Data Shows There's No Recession

Central BanksInterventionismMoney and Banking

Blog07/01/2023

As government weight in the economy rises faster, technical recessions may not appear in the official data, but citizens suffer it, nevertheless. 

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Declaring Independence from the Parasite Caste

Big GovernmentDemocracyU.S. History

Blog07/01/2023

As Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, they would do well to remember that those who fought for independence would not support the Leviathan state that the USA has become.

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Unraveling the Fallacy of Natural Monopolies

Economic FreedomEconomic PolicyMonopoly and Competition

Blog07/01/2023

The presence of a "natural monopoly" is supposed to be a sufficient reason for government to intervene in the economy. But what if there truly is no such thing as a "natural monopoly"?

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A Peaceful International Order Needs Free Markets

PoliticsProtectionism and Free TradeThe Police StateWar and Foreign Policy

Blog06/30/2023

The recent declaration of the G7 sounds more like "we want to rule the world" than "we want peace." Other nations are tired of the West's phony Rules Based Order.

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