Capitalism as It Is and as It Is Seen by the Common Man
Even in the heyday of liberalism only a few people had a full grasp of the functioning of the market economy.
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Universal Background Checks Are Back
While everyone was talking about the 2018-2019 United States government shutdown, the House began pushing a new bill on universal background checks for gun ownership.
AOC and the Green Great Leap Forward
The authors of this plan apparently believe that all it will take is for the government to direct massive amounts of money toward these new projects, and everything else will fall into line
Burt Blumert: Hero
Today would have been the 90th birthday of Burt Blumert, a key figure in the modern libertarian movement.
The Problem with Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax
While Elizabeth Warren may be correct that the system is broken, she is quite wrong in how and why it is broken — and how to fix it.
The Division of Labor Is at the Very Core of Economic Growth
The importance of the division of labor hardly can be exaggerated, and it is also key in understanding the process of capital creation.
The Pseudo-Psychology Behind Monetary Policy
Regardless of expectations, tampering with the economy by means of monetary policies will always undermine the foundations of the real economy.
Why Marx Loved Central Banks
One of the easiest ways of asserting control over the private sector is to manage the money supply with a central bank. Naturally, Marx was rather fond of the idea.
What Real Social Justice Looks Like
Handing control over people's lives to politicians does not somehow make an economic system any more fair or equitable. All it does is make the exercise of power more arbitrary.
1877: When America Was In No Hurry to Pay the Military
The US military received no pay at all between June and November of 1877. This wasn't the only time funding was cut off, and it reflected a (now forgotten) historical distrust of the military in Congress and in America overall.
