Are We Fighting Terrorism, Or Creating More Terrorism?
The G7's new "crackdown" on terrorism really means more surveillance of innocent civilians, less free speech, and many more bombs dropped overseas.
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Robert Shiller Is Shilling for the State
For economist Robert Shiller, housing bubbles result from too little government regulation.
John Williams: Longer Term Economic Challenges
John Williams thinks multiple rate hikes are fine this year, but has some concerns about the slowing growth of the economy long term.
Arizona’s Government Has Adopted New Pro-Gold Reforms
Arizona will no longer impose taxes on capital gains from gold and silver. It's for now a small thing, but an important one.
Memorial Day and the Meaning of Freedom
What does freedom really mean? Freedom is the absence of state coercion. Nothing more, but certainly nothing less.
Self-Determination, not Universalism, is the Goal
The future is decentralized; why are so many libertarians arguing for the opposite?
We Don’t Need to Create Jobs — We Need to Create Value
Wages spring directly from, and are proportional to, the degree in which a job creates wealth by helping to satisfy an unmet need.
There Ain’t no Economics in Economic Impact Studies
Interest groups often commission "impact studies" that just happen to prove the economy will benefit from whatever the interest group wants to do.
Week in Review: May 27, 2017
Trump's budget signals that as far as government spending goes, it's business as usual in Washington.
Federal Bureaucrat to the Public: Be Afraid!
Governments have always thrived on the fear of the taxpayers, and the DHS secretary is sure that if we knew what he knew, we'd "never leave the house."
