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How Easy Money Killed Silicon Valley Bank

Money and BanksU.S. Economy

Blog03/13/2023

The incredible growth and success of SVB could not have happened without negative rates, ultra-loose monetary policy, and the tech bubble that burst in 2022.

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How Government Spending Hurts the Economy

Blog02/18/2023

The lack of spending during a shutdown wouldn't be a problem if the government hadn't already extracted so much wealth from the private sector to begin with.

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How Markets Are Better than Government Regulators at Fighting Corporate Corruption

Bureaucracy and RegulationCapitalismFree MarketsLegal System

Blog02/08/2023

Can private markets only be regulated by government? Hindenburg Research's successes against corporate corruption suggest otherwise.

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How Fast Should the Money Supply Grow?

InflationMonetary PolicyMonetary Theory

Blog01/30/2023

As Murray Rothbard wrote, inflation is not an increase in prices. It is, instead, an increase in the supply of money in circulation. The distinction is important.

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How Should a Nation Determine Its Heroes?

PoliticsWorld History

Blog01/30/2023

How do societies determine who their heroes are? We know that often those seen as heroes actually made a country worse off.

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How Can We Restore Freedom and Sound Money in the US and the UK? Some Ideas

Bureaucracy and RegulationFree MarketsMonetary PolicyGold Standard

Blog01/18/2023

It is no secret that freedom, both socially and economically, are disappearing in the USA and Great Britain. The consequences will be most severe if we do not reverse these patterns.

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Hans-Hermann Hoppe on For a New Liberty at 50

Book ReviewsPolitical Theory

Blog01/18/2023

No one will read For a New Liberty and not see the world with very different eyes afterward.

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