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[From a talk given to a Memphis-area discussion group on Tuesday, October 14, 2008.]

In another thread here, a commentor asks, “What, exactly, is un-libertarian about “loser pa

I’m really enjoying John Stossel’s Guide to Politics.

Jacob Weisberg explains how stupid libertarians are for not recognizing the meltdown as a failure of “unregulated markets.”

During the fury and carnage of World War I, little thought was given to two shots fired from a small pistol on a leafy suburban street in Sarajevo

This monograph addresses a critically important issue: the prevailing view that deflation (falling prices and/or falling money stock) is a catastrophe that must be stopped.

Every monetary crisis in US history has given rise to a movement of money crankism, which is this strange combination of good and often accurate de

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Letters in the New York Times are becoming increasing nut

To illustrate one of the pernicious effects of socialism to my classes, I will often ask students what would happen if I decided to minimize failur