Economic Growth and the Stock Market
People often confuse economic growth with growth in the stock market, but while these two things can be related, that is not always the case, especially during inflationary times.
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MMT’s Barely-Hidden Totalitarian Bias
While Austrian economists have engaged Modern Monetary Theorists on economic terms, one should not forget that this theory promotes totalitarian governance.
One Wrong Decision and Everything Turns to Dust
With all of the current angst about tariffs and other issues, it is easy to forget that there are missile silos around the world with weapons that can destroy the world as we have known it. All that is needed to set off a holocaust is one bad decision.
Abolitionist Hypocrisies
The antebellum abolitionist movement ranged from peaceful abolitionist societies in the South to groups in New England advocating violence and bloodshed. Unfortunately, the nation‘s political leaders chose to end slavery through violent means.
From Leninism to Social Democracy: A Guide to Socialist Models
While Democratic Socialism is the darling of the political left, all forms of socialism have come from the brutal model first imposed upon Russia in 1917.
Anarchy, State, and Bader
In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes us through the high points of Robert Nozick by Ralf M. Bader, who writes favorably about Anarchy, State, and Utopia. In fact, Dr. Gordon believes Bader has made important contributions to libertarian thought.
MMT, Chartalism, and the Colonial Experience
The MMT crowd now claims that the monetary history of the US is an example of chartalism. US history is actually an example of the opposite.
Homeschooling Is Our Best Defense Against the State
Homeschooled children are educated more effectively than public school students and at a fraction of the cost of public education. Naturally, the government wants to destroy it, with Illinois currently leading the anti-homeschooling mob.
How War Propaganda Has Fueled American Foreign Policy for a Century
Isn’t it funny how, with the possible exception of Vietnam, all of America’s wars have been justified and have been right and good? What are the odds?
Congress Should Abolish the Fed for Failing to Achieve Its Mandates
Following World War II, Congress imposed mandates on the Federal Reserve in the areas of employment, inflation, and interest rates. Not surprisingly, the Fed has failed in all three areas. It is time to recognize failure and abolish the Fed altogether.
