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Robert Reich Gets These Seven Economics "Fundamentals" Very Wrong

Labor and WagesU.S. EconomyOther Schools of Thought

Blog03/09/2018

Robert Reich isn't interested in economics. His pronouncements are simply clarion calls to destroy wealth and spread poverty.

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Rothbard: Tax Exemptions Should be Welcomed

Taxes and Spending

Blog12/01/2017
It is particularly incongruous and incorrect for advocates of a free market to advocate uniformity of taxation.
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Rothbard: The Myth of Tax "Reform"

Big GovernmentTaxes and SpendingFiscal TheoryInterventionism

Blog10/20/2017
We must, in short, get past the tax reformers' favorite ploy of revenue neutrality. Why must total revenue remain the same?
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Rule by Experts?

Media and Culture

Blog09/10/2017
"Constructivist rationalism," the belief that scientific and technical elites can organize, from the top down, all human activities and organizations.
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Ron Paul Institute Statement on Trump's Afghanistan Speech

War and Foreign Policy

Blog08/22/2017
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, released this statement regarding President Trump's speech.
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Rick Perry — and His Critics — Still Don't Understand Say's Law

Free MarketsProduction Theory

Blog07/10/2017
How do you do away with a “Law” that had been core to economists’ understanding of the market economy for 150 years? You misrepresent it.
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Republican Healthcare Plan Fails the "Jimmy Kimmel Test"

Health

Blog06/26/2017
Government health care creates shortages while driving up prices and preventing access to critical services.
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Richard Cantillon Is Sleepless in Seattle

Business Cycles

Blog06/22/2017
Cheap money and Seattle's capital-fueled boom means Seattle may soon achieve Peak Skyscraper status.
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