Fiat and Gold: Two Fixes for a Broken US Monetary Base
The US monetary system is out of sorts and out of control. The authors show a path back from the inflation brink to monetary soundness.
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January 6 Trials Remind Us Why We Must Abolish Seditious Conspiracy Laws
The January 6 trials remind us violence against a person or property should be prosecuted as exactly that, and not as a special category of crime against the regime.
Total Employed Workers Fell Again in November as Savings and Incomes Fall
From March 2022 to November, the number of total employed persons has only increased by 12,000 people meaning there are fewer employed people now than before the covid panic.
Reflections upon the Centennial of Mises’s Socialism
It has been a hundred years since Mises published Socialism. It is more relevant than ever.
Economic Progress and Economic Decay: North versus South
While high-quality automobiles and other manufactured goods are being produced in the Southeast, northeastern states like New York are falling behind, thanks to progressive governance.
An Economist Examines US Foreign Policy and Finds It Wanting
Economist Christopher Coyne of George Mason University uses economic logic to expose the follies of militaristic US policies overseas.
Who Has Better Ethics, the Social Security System or Bernie Madoff?
Nearly everyone has heard of Bernie Madoff and rightly associates his name with financial fraud. Yet, the Social Security system is built on a Ponzi scheme similar to what Madoff created.
Renewables and EVs in the Grip of Lesseps Syndrome
The so-called green energy strategy is no strategy at all. Instead, it is an attempt to cripple the energy industries in vain hopes that renewables will magically cover the energy shortfall.
The Fed Is Not “a Good Idea that Became Corrupt”: It Always Was Corrupt
It is easy to think of the Fed as a good institution that simply lost its way. In truth, it was a bad idea and a bad institution from its beginning.
How the State Seized Control of Marriage
State regulation of marriage—and the ensuing secularization of marriage that followed—is a historical development that was part of the larger trend toward the expansion of state power.
