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Gold Should be Viewed as Money — Not as an Investment Instrument

Money and BanksMoney and Banking

Blog05/18/2018Thorsten Polleit

This timeless insight was already suggested by economist Ludwig von Mises in 1940.

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Governments Have Been Corrupt Since Before Christ

Big GovernmentCronyism and CorporatismWorld History

Blog04/11/2018William H. Peterson

How prevalent has political corruption been over recorded history—and how did it originate?

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Government Should Leave Bakers Alone

Bureaucracy and RegulationThe Entrepreneur

Blog12/12/2017Ron Paul

Even if the bakery wins in this case, its victory will only protect those businesses acting on a “sincere religious conviction.” That's a bad thing.

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GOP Tax Plan Increases the Most Insidious Tax

Taxes and Spending

Blog11/06/2017Ron Paul

Politicians love the inflation tax because it allows them to increase taxes without having to vote for higher rates.

Chilean Protesters Could End Chile's Decades of Progress

José Niño

The history of Latin America is filled with tragic stories of countries reaching great heights — Argentina and Venezuela come to mind — and then falling back to mediocrity. Chile could be next if the protesters get their way.

Why Central Banks Aren't Really Setting Interest Rates

Frank Shostak

Central banks can only distort and mask real interest rates with monetary policy. Interest rates are really set by each individual's time preference.

The Silicon Valley Gulag

Jason Morgan

“Digital Maoism,” the default collectivism of "the Internet," as a collective (and impersonal) noun, is the very nature of the internet as it now exists, under the dominion of Google and other anti-freedom superpowers.