The Right to Own and Bear Switchblades
US law and 14 states still outlaw switchblades. The bans, however, were inspired by little more than Hollywood movies about juvenile delinquents.
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A Better Solution Than Trump’s Border Wall
The solution to addressing the problem of illegal immigration is clear: remove the welfare magnet that attracts so many to cross the border illegally.
What Trump Means for Brexit, China, and the EU
The threat of a US-UK trade pact is very bad news for the EU, but Trump's more mercantilist side spells trouble for the US and much of the world.
Should Cash be Abolished?
The usefulness of money depends on it having some connection to physical money. Reducing money to a digitized abstraction would be a disaster.
Asset-Price Inflation Heating Up with Nothing to Show For It
Obama is the first president since Hoover to not have a single year of over 3% GDP growth.
Week in Review: January 28 2017
As expected, the first week of the Trump administration has brought a mix of good and bad.
Advertisers Aren’t As Powerful As We Think
Experience suggests that advertising and propaganda aren't as powerful as we assume them to be. This has both economic and political implications.
The Cultural Background of Ludwig von Mises — New Formats Available
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn's timeless essay "The Cultural Background of Ludwig von Mises" is now easier to read.
Beware, Dissenter of the Monetary Regime
Tim Duy takes to Bloomberg to warn the world about the possibility of "hard-money" advocates getting into the Fed.
Beware, Dissenter to the Monetary Regime
Tim Duy takes to Bloomberg to warn the world about the possibility of “hard-money” advocates getting into the Fed.
