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How Did the U.S. Government Become So Big?

Big GovernmentPoliticsU.S. History

Blog59 min ago

The behemoth known as the US government didn’t metastasize by accident. The process began as soon as the US Constitution was ratified.

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Apartment Investment Syndication: A Predictably Unraveling Scheme, Thanks to the Fed

Booms and BustsEconomic PolicyU.S. EconomyBusiness Cycles

Blog5 hours ago

Thanks to Federal Reserve intervention, apartments and apartment buildings have turned into giant malinvestments. Once again, a federal entity intervenes in markets presumably to make them work better, but things end in a crisis.

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The Mixed Economy Model Still Disrupts Private Markets

Big GovernmentEconomic PolicyFree MarketsProgressivism

Blog12/09/2023

Progressives believe that government intervention in the economy is necessary to promote both efficiency and fairness. In truth, intervention accomplishes neither of them.

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COP28: Scandal on Top of Fabrication

Bureaucracy and RegulationThe EnvironmentProgressivismSocialism

Blog12/09/2023

As climate activists gather this coming week in Abu Dhabi, there is trouble in climate paradise. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the meeting's host, is not on the same page with the Climate Apocalyptics, which, of course, gives him the dreaded moniker of “climate denier.”

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The Path to True Freedom is Systematic Privatization

Decentralization and SecessionLibertarianismPrivate Property

Blog12/08/2023

Anarchocapitalism does not fall into the same category as socialism, whose establishment and maintenance require violence. Anarchocapitalism arises spontaneously from the removal of barriers that stand against the natural order of things.

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Friedman versus Rothbard

AntipoliticsU.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy

Blog12/08/2023

Murray Rothbard and Milton Friedman didn’t only disagree on the subject of economics. They also sharply disagreed on the direction American conservatism needed to go.

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Biden Is Providing an Opportunity for a New "Outreach to the Deplorables"

Bureaucracy and RegulationLibertarianismMedia and CultureProgressivism

Blog12/08/2023

As the Biden administration doubles down in its determination to create a more progressive nation, it inadvertently is creating more opportunities to promote libertarian alternatives.

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Silent Cal Had a Lot to Say

Blog12/08/2023

His policies took more than a million people off the income tax rolls, and 98% of Americans paid no income tax at the end of his term. As a result, America prospered under Coolidge. Real economic growth averaged 7% per year while he was in office.

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