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The Great Depression's Patsy

Booms and BustsKeynesMonetary PolicyGold Standard

Blog01/12/2023

Poplular history says that massive government spending—made possible by ending the gold standard—ended the Great Depression. As usual, popular history is wrong.

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The Constitution Failed. It Secured Neither Peace nor Freedom.

U.S. History

Blog01/10/2023

The constitution has not protected our natural rights, nor did it prevent the US from becoming a blood-soaked failed state a mere 73 years after the constitution was ratified. 

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The Senator Who Didn’t Know (but Thought She Did)

Big GovernmentMoney and Banks

Blog01/10/2023

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to subject cryptocurrency to federal money-laundering laws and other regulations. She fails to understand how that system works.

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The FDA and the Courts Fail to Truly Discipline the Pharmaceutical Industry for Exploiting the Mentally Ill

Big GovernmentCorporate WelfareCronyism and Corporatism

Blog01/07/2023

Does the regulatory system help guarantee safe and effective drugs? Does the system protect drug consumers? Court cases tell us otherwise.

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The Borders Between US States Are Obsolete

Blog01/05/2023

It's been more than 150 years since most state boundaries were drawn in the US. Since then, demographic and political realities have changed enormously. The boundaries should change too. 

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The Friction Ahead in 2023

PoliticsStrategy

Claudio Grass interviews Jeff Deist on the tumultuous year ahead.

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The Case for Disbanding Public Health Agencies

Bureaucracy and RegulationProgressivismThe Police StateInterventionism

Blog12/29/2022

Public health agencies tend to be treated like authoritative sacred cows. In reality, they have politicized health policies to the point where they really are a health hazard.

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