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Inflation: Government’s Insidious Form of Theft

The FedInflationMonetary Policy

Blog09/12/2023

While court economists such as Paul Krugman insist that inflation is government's way of ensuring full employment, in reality, inflation is one of the many ways governments steal from productive people.

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America Since 9/11: 22 Years of Lies and Despotism

War and Foreign Policy

Blog09/11/2023

In a more reasonable world, people like Cheney, Rice, Bolton, et al., would all be forgotten, shamed, and disgraced for overseeing multiple disastrous wars abroad and the creation of a police state at home. Unfortunately, we don't live in a more reasonable world. 

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The Austrian School's Deductive Approach: A Beacon for Economic Understanding

Business CyclesOther Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog09/11/2023

Austrian economics stands apart from the economic mainstream in its deductive approach to economic analysis.

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Would You Hire an AI-powered McRobot or a Human Employee?

Bureaucracy and RegulationEconomic PolicyLabor and Wages

Blog09/11/2023

The decision to use artificial intelligence–powered robots in the fast food industry depends upon differences in costs and performance between humans and robots. State minimum wage laws are pushing the industry toward robots.

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Cultural Appropriation: The Nontheft of Something No One Owns

Media and CulturePolitics

Blog09/11/2023

Progressives have created a new thought crime: cultural appropriation. However, one cannot appropriate something that is not owned by anyone else.

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Ten Great Economic Myths

Big GovernmentAustrian Economics Overview

Blog09/09/2023

Our country is beset by a large number of economic myths that lead us to accept unsound and dangerous government policies.

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Toward a Heideggerian Libertarianism?

PhilosophyPhilosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory

Blog09/09/2023

Can there be a bridge between Heideggerian metaphysics and practical political philosophy?

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Will the BRICS Dethrone the U.S. Dollar?

Money and Banks

Blog09/09/2023

Most BRICS currencies are weak and getting weaker, and creating a new joint  "BRICS currency" won't solve the problem.  Joining together a bunch of weak currencies does not somehow create a strong currency.

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