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Latin America's Descent into Interventionism Continues

World History

Blog12/30/2022
The new governments in Chile and Colombia are announcing policies that resemble those of the “Peronist left” in Argentina and the Fernandez government in Argentina is looking more like Maduro’s Venezuela each day.
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Leviathan Devours Free Range Entrepreneurs

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismLawEntrepreneurship

Blog12/14/2022

In the name of "protecting workers," progressive legislators put people out of work. For their own good, of course.

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Latest Recession Alarm: Money-Supply Growth Fell in September to a 37-Month Low

Money Supply

Blog10/28/2022

During September 2022, year-over-year (YOY) growth in the money supply was at 3.92 percent. That's down from August's rate of 4.54 percent, and down from September 2021's rate of 7.02 percent. 

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Law, Praxeology, and Unintended Moral Decay

LawPraxeology

Blog10/25/2022

Murray Rothbard understood that law can be a moral force only insofar as those living under the law reflect their own moral judgments.

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Looking at the Economic Myth of the "Soft Landing"

Booms and BustsThe FedInflationBusiness Cycles

Blog09/12/2022

Paul Krugman recently argued that the Federal Reserve can engineer a "soft landing" for the economy as it tries to deal with inflation. Such a view ignores economic realities.

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Lessons from a Massacre Committed 450 Years Ago

World History

Blog08/25/2022

The infamous St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre was responsible for the death of thousands, but the horrible aftermath was also the beginning of religious toleration in the West.

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Leftists and Nationalists: A Brotherly Conflict in India

Free MarketsSocialismWorld History

Blog08/24/2022

Even though liberalization of its infamously bureaucratic economy has achieved strong results, India's leftist activists and politicians are trying to reestablish collectivism.

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Leonard Read Really Did Know Beans about Labor

Bureaucracy and RegulationFree MarketsLabor and Wages

Blog08/22/2022

Despite the decree from the federal government that labor is not a "commodity" or an "article of commerce," Leonard Read knew better.

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