MacLean’s Book Takes Progressive Conspiracy Theories to a New Level
MacLean's hit piece on "radical" libertarians uses the usual tactics: spinning complex conspiracy theories to "prove" the racism of political enemies.
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This Time, It’s a Bubble in Rentals
Fannie and Freddie are rushing to finance the current rental boom, and package them as mortgage-backed securities. What could go wrong?
Why Kansas’s Tax-Cut “Failure” Is Really a Success
When tax cuts lay the ground work for a better economy, government statistics often fail to measure the benefits.
Violence: How It’s Different From Market Exchange
Not all human action is truly voluntary in the marketplace. Violence can be used to distort and force a wide variety of relationship among human beings.
Why Police Prefer Drug Raids Over Investigating Violent Crimes
Governments and police departments often benefit more from arresting small-time non-violent offenders than by prosecuting truly violent ones.
Mike Huckabee on the 17th Amendment: Evil Plot or Great Idea?
Repealing the 17th Amendment has its upside, but a simple repeal doesn't go nearly far enough.
Why Robots Won’t Cause Mass Unemployment
There will always be jobs because there will always be scarcity. Human wants are unlimited, yet the resources are limited — even with robots.
The Fed Gave Wall Street a Bomb, and the Taxpayers are Paying Ransom
How do you stop the taxpayer subsidy to Wall Street while avoiding lighting the fuse to Bernanke’s inflation bomb?
Can the UK’s Jacob Rees-Mogg Put the Conservatives Back on Track?
After a months of retreating on Brexit, and a botched election, the British Conservatives need a hard-line position on free trade and de-regulation.
Is Money Created by Government Decree?
Today’s demand for money is determined by yesterday’s purchasing power of money.
