It Should Shock Us That There’s Any Consumer Price Inflation at All
Even without obvious consumer price inflation, we can be living in the midst of immense wealth transfer engineered by central bankers in favor of Wall Street.
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The Socialists’ Plan for “Ecological Leninism”
"The race to zero [carbon emissions] would have to be coordinated through control measures—rationing, reallocating, requisitioning, sanctioning, ordering" and much more.
Trump’s NDAA Veto Threat Should Force a Conversation on Defense Spending
A dirty secret of congressional military spending is that when the government allocates billions in spending, unnecessary, wasteful, and parochial interests quickly find their way into the legislation.
The Unintended Consequences of Internet Privacy Regulations
Governments are good at shifting risk in sneaky ways, but they can’t legislate it out of existence.
“Equilibrium Prices” and Real Prices
The prices of goods are not set mechanically by some kind of supply-demand curves but by the goal-seeking choices of individuals.
When Money Dies, 100 Years Later
Yes, it can happen here. Only a fool thinks otherwise.
The Weirdest, Most Distorted Economy Ever
The Fed is not allowing the economy to heal, but instead induces more distortions and weirdness. The explosion in orders for new trucks is perhaps just the latest example.
Marxists Dominate the Field of Literary Criticism. That’s a Problem.
Matt Spivey continues the pioneering work of Paul Cantor and Stephen Cox in bringing sound economics to the analysis of literature.
A Clash about Morality in Wartime
Hurting innocents is never okay, but apologists for the bombing of Hiroshima and other state atrocities find this "purist" position inconvenient.
Colonialism Doesn’t Explain the Developing World’s Problems
It is popular to assume that colonialism explains most modern-day dynamics in the developing world. But what if precolonial institutions are the real deciding factors?
