In the Event of an Official US Bankruptcy
Economically speaking, the US government is bankrupt even if the government won’t admit what is obvious. But how would an actual bankruptcy proceeding go?
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Practice Makes Parfit
David Edmonds has made Derek Parfit’s ideas accessible to a wide audience at last.
Progressives Want to Eliminate Wealthy Entrepreneurs but Need the Wealth They Create
Modern culture is biased against those that are rich even while depending upon the wealth that successful entrepreneurs have created.
Finance Discovers Sting: “How Fragile We Are”
Despite the soothing hot air from the White House and Fed officials, the financial system is becoming increasingly fragile and unstable. Maybe all of that intervention the past decade was not wise.
The Money Supply Has Plummeted in the Biggest Drop Since the Great Depression
With negative growth now falling to near –10 percent, money-supply contraction is now the largest we've seen since the Great Depression.
Is There an Optimum Growth Rate of Money?
Monetarists believe there is an optimum growth rate of money. However, a fiat money system itself is unstable, so there is no optimum growth rate.
NATO’s Great New Idea: “Let’s Start a War with China!”
Last week NATO announced that it will open its first-ever Asia office in Japan. What next, NATO membership for Taiwan?
Rothbard’s Button Doesn’t Exist, but It Needs to Be Invented
In 1948, Ludwig Erhardt rescued a German economy that was in shambles simply by invoking free markets and currency reform. Our economy needs its Rothbard moment.
The New Immigration Bill Is a Trojan Horse for E-Verify and Is a Threat to All Americans
A new bill being sold as an "immigration control" measure is really a vast expansion of the federal regulatory and surveillance state known as "E-Verify." The potential for abuse is enormous.
Did Tucker’s Last Major Guest Lead to His Firing?
Tucker Carlson has rankled the ruling elites for many years. But was his interview with Robert Kennedy Jr. a bridge too far?
