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Government Redistribution Is the REAL Trickle-Down Economics

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismProgressivism

Blog05/19/2023

President Biden recently claimed that "trickle-down economics" doesn't work but transferring wealth from taxpayers to politically connected people is the real trickle-down economics.

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There's No Place like Noam

Cronyism and CorporatismEconomic FreedomWar and Foreign PolicyInterventionismPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog05/19/2023

Noam Chomsky's latest offering—a series of interviews—presents the best (and worst) of one of America's premier public intellectuals.

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Bank of England Economist: Britons Need to Accept That They’re Poorer

Central BanksInflationMonetary Policy

Blog05/19/2023

Although the Bank of England is largely responsible for inflation in the UK, its leaders blame British consumers and workers for the price increases.

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Banks Are Lending Less Money, and That's a Formula for Recession

Money and Banks

Blog05/18/2023

A new Fed survey shows that banks are cutting back on lending big time. Over the past thirty-five years, this almost always predicts recession. Our economy can't survive without endless new infusions of easy money. 

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The "Buy Black" Movement: Divisive or a Boon to Black Entrepreneurs?

The EntrepreneurFree MarketsEntrepreneurship

Blog05/18/2023

Calls for black consumers to "Buy Black" can be interpreted as socially divisive, but they are also a way to encourage black entrepreneurs in a free market.

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Living by a Premise

Economic FreedomFree MarketsLibertarianism

Blog05/18/2023

More than forty years ago, Leonard Read urged graduates of Hillsdale College to find a premise, a belief in a universal idea of liberty.

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End the FBI

Blog05/17/2023

The Durham report reminds us it is well past time for a more realistic assessment of the FBI for what it is: a costly, unnecessary, unconstitutional, and incompetent agency. 

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Understanding Relationships between Money Supply and Liquidity

Monetary TheoryMoney Supply

Blog05/17/2023

Can the injection of new money into the economic system enhance economic growth? Not really. Increasing (or decreasing) the money supply affects the demand for money but doesn't make us wealthier.

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