Abenomics: Fool Me Once
There's only one way to fund a new public-works project or "stimulus" scheme: through money stolen from the taxpayers.
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How Private Banks Create Bubbles — with the Help of Central Banks
Recessions emerge when the central bank reverses its loose monetary stance. But the seeds of recession were sown earlier by private lending practices that grew out of central-bank money creation.
The Fed Is Now Addicted to Easy-Money Policy
The only way to end the booms and busts brought by inflationary credit is to eliminate the central bank's counterfeiting that constitutes and creates that inflation.
5 Ways a Wealth Tax Is At Least as Bad as an Income Tax
As the wage-earning population grows smaller as a proportion of the population, get ready for calls for "wealth taxes" which can keep the taxes coming in even as total wage incomes fall.
Free Will and the Market Place
If the laws of economics are either unknown or not heeded, the inevitable penalty will be an economy of scarcity and poverty.
Let There Be Light: The Documentary the Army Suppressed
The US Army commissioned a propaganda film on recovering veterans. But the Army nixed the program after the film ended up showcasing the horrors of war.
When the Feds Like Secession: The Case of West Virginia
West Virginia's secession from Virginia helped Lincoln's government in Washington. So, in that case, secession was apparently A-OK.
100 Years of Wilsonian Wars for “Democracy”
For a century now, Woodrow Wilson's ideology of forced democratization and ideological warfare continues to dominate American foreign policy.
Let’s Opt Out of the Federal Government’s Schemes
Including both government-funded abortion and war.
Why do Leftists Settle for a $15 per Hour Minimum Wage?
Bernie Sanders is so stingy when he advocates for a mere $15-per-hour minimum wage. Why not make the minimum wage equivalent to what Sanders gets per hour as a US Senator?
