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The Left is on the march. Everything is at stake.
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American Policy Pushes Iran Toward Nuclear Weapons
There is no evidence that Iran is likely to capitulate to American demands. The historical record demonstrates that great powers can inflict enormous punishment on their adversaries and yet the pain rarely causes target states to surrender.
Low Price Inflation Means the Fed Will Retreat to Low Rates and Easy Money
Given that Fed policymakers are of the view that a decline in the annual growth of prices is bad for the economy they are most likely to embark on very easy monetary policy in near future.
Justin Raimondo, RIP
Like his mentor Murray Rothbard, Justin Raimondo was an enemy of the state; and like Rothbard, he was magnificent in his scornful laugh directed at the Leviathan state.
Diktat 1919: The Versailles Treaty As Dictated Peace
Unlike the Versailles peace, which failed horribly, the successful episodes of peacemaking — Westphalia, Vienna, and even the process that ended World War II — had in common extended multi-lateral negotiations and compromise.
The Rising Importance of the Austrian School to Entrepreneurs
There is a field where Austrians are being heard and where Austrian theory is tremendously influential, and that field is dynamic entrepreneurial capitalism.
Alabama Expands Law Allowing Private Police Forces — And the Opposition Goes Nuts
If one is concerned about Briarwood’s new private police force, one also ought to be hysterical over pretty much any police force in the United States. But the state seems to get a pass in areas where non-state entities are treated with suspicion.
Asset Forfeiture Will Have to Be Abolished at the Local Level
The Federal government is not going to stop state and local police from stealing the property of innocent people.
It’s No Bitcoin: Facebook’s Libra Currency Is Tied to Government Currencies
Libra's value is based on a basket of goods tied to government fiat currencies. Needless to say, Zuckerberg is no Hayek. And the Libra is no Bitcoin.
The Treaty of Versailles — 100 Years Later
The Versailles treaty was in many ways an extension of the imperialistic impulses that caused the Great War in the first place. Even worse, it paved the way for World War II.
