My Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Across the board drug decriminalization is coming and Ireland is next in line.
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A Practical Guide to Hawaiian Secession
The BBC reports this week that a secession movement in Hawaii continues to simmer under the surface.
Mexico, Canada, and Ten American States Look Toward Marijuana Legalization
A ballot measure to legalize marijuana in Ohio failed this week, although as Mark Thornton notes, it was really just a scheme to give a government agency a cronyist monopoly on cannabis sales. But...
The Fed Desperately Tries to Maintain the Status Quo
Given the current state of the economy, the Fed appears quite unlikely to raise interest rates any time soon. But what will it do if the economy starts to really go south?
How Beijing and the West Work Together to Manipulate the Global Currency War
Historically, reserve currencies have arisen without the help of the IMF, but we’re now witnessing a situation in which the IMF may declare the Chinese yuan a “reserve currency” as part of a larger game by global elites to manipulate global exchange rates.
Pot Battle in Ohio
UPDATE: The fact that marijuana legalization ballot measure (Issue #3) failed in Ohio is not an indication that legalization is not supported by the people. It was because they rejected government monopoly of pot growing as shown in the victory in the passage of Issue #2 which bans such monopolies. Its a great libertarian victory overall.
Poverty Does Not Cause Obesity
In a global perspective, there is no clear relationship between obesity and wealth.
Why We Need Private Property to Deal with Scarce Resources
Without markets, there is no way to manage scarce resources, and this includes natural resources like forests. Only markets can provide the sort of balanced long-term planning necessary to both utilize and preserve natural resources.
Mises Canada Hosts Fourth International Conference of Prices & Markets
In Toronto this weekend, Mises Canada will be hosting its fourth International Conference of Prices & Markets.
Zwolinski and Woods on the Basic Income Guarantee
Matt Zwolinski, a philosopher at the University of San Diego, claimed on the Tom Woods show that libertarians should support a basic income guarantee. Woods countered his arguments.
