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How Washington's Reaction to Trump's Budget Justifies the Rise of Bitcoin

Blog05/25/2017Tho Bishop

As politicians prove to be unable to confront economic reality, it’s easy to see how crypto-currencies are becoming increasingly attractive.

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How States Can End the Fed’s War on Fishing

The EnvironmentStrategyU.S. Economy

Blog05/02/2017Tho Bishop

Whether it's fishing or the Fed, the answer isn’t trying win over Washington – it is fighting it.

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Higher Costs Don’t Mean Higher Prices

Free MarketsInterventionismPrices

Blog03/07/2017Per Bylund

Driving up costs for cocaine dealers has not led to a similar rise in street price. This is because prices are not based on the cost of production.

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How the Market Creates Jobs and How the Government Destroys Them

Free Markets

Blog03/06/2017Walter Block

Instead of praising jobs for their own sake, we should ask why employment is so important.

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How Governments Destroy Consumer Sovereignty

Calculation and KnowledgeEntrepreneurshipInterventionismPrices

Blog02/07/2017Per Bylund

The entrepreneur's job is to shape his whole enterprise around consumer wants. Unfortunately, governments often get in the way.

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How Trump Could Win the Currency War

The FedMoney and BanksMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking

Blog02/06/2017Brendan Brown

If Trump wants to end the foreign currency manipulation he condemns, he can begin by ending the use of "non-standard" monetary tools in the US.

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How Government Regulation Makes Us Poorer

Taxes and SpendingEntrepreneurshipPolitical Theory

Blog12/26/2016Per Bylund

What hurts workers — and keeps them poor — is government regulation, which restricts competition.

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How Government Buys Your Support

Taxes and SpendingU.S. EconomyU.S. HistoryPolitical Theory

02/17/2016The AustrianJames Bovard

Bribes can work both ways. Sometimes it pays to bribe politicians for what you want. But voters will often happily exchange votes for free stuff. In fact, the latter strategy has been proven to work wonders if one wants a bigger government.

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Socialism and the Green New Deal: Choose One

Richard M. Ebeling

Central planner cannot calculate the costs and benefits of environmental policy.

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.