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Kenya’s Fishing Crisis Reminds Us of the Benefits of Free Trade

Protectionism and Free Trade

Blog04/23/2019Mary Lucia Darst

Thanks to trade with the Chinese, more Africans have access to safe food they would otherwise lack.

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Kevin Dowd: Against Monetary Stimulus

The FedMoney and BanksTaxes and Spending

04/06/2018Audio/VideoKevin DowdJeff Deist

Kevin Dowd explains how policies like negative interest rates not only reflect bad economic thinking, but also pose a danger to the civil liberties.

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Krugman's Magic Bank Recapitalization

Federal ReserveMoney and Banking

01/24/2018Power & MarketJeff Deist

Paul Krugman's latest missive in the New York Times is a nice example of his two recurrent themes, namely self-regard and world-weariness.

Ostensibly, the piece is about economists who in Krugman's view incorrectly predicted hyperinflation would result from the Fed's...

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Kevin Gutzman: Thomas Jefferson—Revolutionary

BiographiesDecentralization and SecessionU.S. HistoryPolitical Theory

02/24/2017Audio/VideoKevin R. C. GutzmanJeff Deist

Dr. Gutzman discusses some of the overlooked ways Thomas Jefferson shaped America, and how Jefferson's radical views are often underplayed by many academics today.

When the Communists Abolished the Weekend

Ryan McMaken

By abolishing the weekend, the Soviets were in one move able to strike a blow against both families and religious institutions. All that was left was the state — and state-mandated labor.

My Path to the Austrian School of Economics

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

There is no more stopping the Mises School. And when the truth finally wins out, because only what is true can also work smoothly in the long run, then the hour of the Austrian School of Economics will have come.

How California's Government Plans to Make Wildfires Even Worse

Ryan McMaken

The State of California is now forcing insurance companies to cover homeowners who put their houses in some of the most fire-prone areas. What could go wrong?

We Don't Need Sunday "Blue Laws"

Ryan McMaken

Advocates for "blue laws" want to impose more laws on shopkeepers. These moral crusaders should instead start by setting a good example, and stop watching football games, ordering pizzas, or filling up on gas on Sunday.

The Benefits of Free Trade Are Canceled Out by Domestic Interventionism

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Trade agreements have thus become obsolete tokens of negotiation in larger geopolitical disputes, protectionist tools for managing and interfering with global trade flows.