The Looming Mortgage Liquidity Crisis
Everything is dandy if borrowers make their payments on their increasingly unaffordable homes. But will unemployment remain low forever?
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Augsburg: A Capitalist Hub at the Birth of the Modern
Germany's Augsburg played a key role in the rise of the modern marketplace in Europe.
Europe Is Slowing Down — And It’s Already Painted Into a Corner
With ultra-low interest rates already in place, Europe has nowhere to go when the slowdown intensifies.
No, The Death Penalty Does Not Stop Drug Trafficking
Despite harsh penalties for drug dealers, China's numbers on drug use are not significantly different from those in the US.
Yet Another Way Labor Unions Abuse the Taxpayers
"Project Labor Agreements" makes government infrastructure spending even more expensive and inefficient.
When “Mental Health” Is Used to Empower the State
Broadening state powers to declare people "mentally ill" is a dangerous proposition.
Being Right Isn’t Enough
The only real cure for too much debt is an orderly process of liquidation. No bailouts. No subsidies. No taxpayer involvement.
Marxism: From Class Consciousness to Gender “Intersectionality”
"False consciousness" has long been a building block behind the Marxist drive to destroy human rights.
Trump’s Tariff May End America’s Energy Boom
America's thriving energy sector has boomed in part thanks to inexpensive foreign steel.
Rothbard on National Liberation
Nationalism is not a unitary, monolithic phenomenon. If it is aggressive, we should oppose it; if liberatory, we should favor it.
