All States are Empires of Lies
Most economists are political apologists masquerading as economists. They are Rothbard’s “court historians” with degrees in economics instead of history.
Most economists are political apologists masquerading as economists. They are Rothbard’s “court historians” with degrees in economics instead of history.
While most of us know George Orwell as an authoritative critic of totalitarianism, few people know he was a committed socialist and a lifelong defender of communist Leon Trotsky. While he understood totalitarianism, he never understood socialism.
Historical revisionism is nothing new, and recent attempts to label an “antiracist” approach to history have wrongly been called “revisionist.” To better understand revisionism, one must first be grounded in reality, then apply reality-based thought to studying the past.
The Fed wants independence so it can serve the interests of the banker class. There is no higher principle here. There is only power.
Congress ought to at least teach Powell, the Fed, and its banker friends a few much-needed lessons.
Bob explains how future inflow of extraterrestrial riches could boost the standard of living on Earth in the near term.
Wage differences between men and women often are automatically attributed to sex discrimination against women. However, as research has shown time and again, other factors are at work.
Buchanan and Tullock‘s The Calculus of Consent influentially applies economic ideas to politics, focusing on methodological individual. However, there are a few pitfalls about which readers should be aware.
Birkin bags are pricey and the producer restricts its potential buyers. Unfortunately, disgruntled customers who don’t want to follow the company’s rules are now appealing to US antitrust law.
The Fed claims things are going very well, but Fed Chairman Jerome Powell got three questions at the press conference that he had trouble answering honestly.