Why Fed Bugs Really, Really Hate Gold
Fed bugs sound like real estate agents in reverse: there is never a good time to buy gold.
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Swamponomics: Trump’s Fed Pick, a Kodak Moment, and GDP Misinformation
Kodak's newly announced $765 million loan is just another case of DC picking winners and losers.
The Covid Crisis Has Helped Make the Blueprint for a European Superstate
The “cure” to the current crisis that is forced upon all Europeans now is not just worse than the disease; it is the disease.
The Founding Fathers’ Coup d’État
It is quite certain that dissatisfaction with the old Articles was not general, for when the new order was implemented in 1789, it was effected with great difficulty and only through methods both unscrupulous and dishonourable.
The Origins of the Dollar’s Value
The value of a paper dollar originates from its historical link to commodity money—which happens to be gold—and not government decree or social convention.
Hayekian Coercion
The political theorist Douglas W. Rae argues that to get the advantages of Hayekian freedom, everybody should be guaranteed a minimum amount of resources so that they can fully participate in the market.
Howard Buffett on Conscription and American Militarism
"If [the draft bill] is passed, the House will be shoving down the throats of the American people the despotic concept of 'Theirs not to reason why; Theirs but to do and die.'"
Today’s Anticapitalists Are Closer to Fascism Than They Think
Today's anticapitalists fall into a familiar pattern pioneered by Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile.
Why the US Economy Is Stronger Than the Eurozone’s
Debt and recession in the United States are big problems. But in both cases, metrics show a better situation in the US than in the eurozone.
The Problem with British Slavery Reparations in the West Indies
A just scheme for reparations requires us to identify specific victims. But current calls for reparations do no such thing. Also, the British economy was not built on slavery, as some now claim.
