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Letters in the New York Times are becoming increasing nut

To illustrate one of the pernicious effects of socialism to my classes, I will often ask students what would happen if I decided to minimize failur

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This is truly an awful op ed from today’s WSJ.

And this morning, the Fed has deemed it necessa

In Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s important article Banking, Nation States and International Politic

A recurring meme in the mainstream bailout chatter is the idea that the government should intervene to “stabilize” the financial system.

Excellent extended study of the mortgage meltdown by Stan Lie

I know I’ve read some version of these first two paragraphs several times, even in the last year, and even critiqued one or two previous pieces.

Just when you think that the bailout mania could not become any more absurd, a “conservative” mainstream economist enters the picture t