America Picks a Fight With its Largest Foreign Creditor
Pursuing a trade war with your largest creditor, whose also on the edge of insolvency, is a recipe for financial meltdown.
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Why Governors Should Veto National Guard Deployments More Often
California's governor refuses to send National Guard troops to the border on Trump's terms. State governments should refuse to send troops far more often than this.
Murray Rothbard and Jacksonian Banking
Rothbard saw at an early stage of his life as a graduate student that the Jacksonian period was a defining one in American history.
A Trade War May Trigger the Rise of Chinese Nationalism
According to Mises, economic nationalism "is incompatible with durable peace," and efforts to fan the flames of a trade war between the US and China are dangerous.
Low Unemployment Is Not the Cause of Inflation
An overheating economy emerges once expenditure rises without being backed up by production, a situation that emerges when the money stock is increasing.
Trump’s Disastrous Syria Attack
There are many questions that need to be asked about the situation in Syria. But the Trump administration has no interest in asking them.
Warren Buffett and The New York Times Are Still Wrong About Taxes
Timothy Egan in The New York Times evokes Warren Buffett in a recent article on taxes. Unfortunately both men are completely wrong.
How the Postal Service Loses So Much Money
Donald Trump is wrong. Amazon isn't ruining the postal service. The postal service can do that all by itself.
Solving Colombia’s Drug Violence Dilemma: Legalize Drugs and Guns
The Colombian government should allow more options for self-defense for citizens, while stripping the cartels and guerrillas of artificially high drug profits.
Paul Ryan was a Failure — It’s Important to Understand Why
By all accounts Paul Ryan is a good natured man, but one who ended up betraying almost all the causes he claimed to care about.
