Why Was Ancient China so Good at War, and so Bad at Commerce?
By providing rewards for bureaucrats and punishments for merchants, many rulers destroyed interest in entrepreneurship and innovation outside the state.
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Ron Paul Institute Statement on Trump’s Afghanistan Speech
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, released this statement regarding President Trump's speech.
Austrian Monetary Theory vs. Federal Reserve Inflation Targeting
When a central bank sets a two-percent price inflation target as a guide for monetary policy, it is targeting an arbitrary construction of economic statisticians.
Ron Paul Reacts to Trump’s Afghanistan Speech
On Twitter, Ron Paul reacted to President Donald Trump's speech last night calling for increasing US presence in Afghanistan.
The Chinese Economy’s Fatal Flaws
China faces problems of both an easy-money-induced bubble, and a corrupt regulatory regime.
The Real Cause of America’s Opioid Epidemic
The real cause of this epidemic is various government policies and the real solution is the dismantling of those same policies, in perpetuum.
The Levellers: The First Libertarians
The English Levellers transformed vague notions of natural law into the firmly individualistic concepts of natural rights for every human being.
A Tale of Two “Deflationary” Booms — The Gilded Age vs. Today
Today's easy-money-fueled economic "boom" doesn't compare well to booms of the past.
Taxation, Slavery, and Consent
Slavery has never been defined by the brutality of the conditions under which a person labored; but by the lack of consent.
The Relationship Between Saving and Money
It is not money that funds economic activity but the saved pool of final consumer goods. Money only facilitates the flow of the real savings.
