What Gives Cryptocurrencies Their Value
The value of cryptocurrencies comes fundamentally from what you can do with them.
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Minimum Wage Laws Have Many Victims
Employers, workers, and consumers are all hurt when minimum wages are imposed on markets.
Rothbard: Tax Exemptions Should be Welcomed
It is particularly incongruous and incorrect for advocates of a free market to advocate uniformity of taxation.
Is Marvin Goodfriend the Worst Fed Nominee of All Time?
Goodfriend’s views on negative interest rates, and his desire to eliminate the ability of Americans to protect themselves from them, make him dangerous.
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Gary Schlarbaum, one of our generous supporters, has again offered to match all donations received through December 9.
Why James Madison Hated Democracy
Madison condemned "democracy" because the pro-freedom, pro-decentralization Anti-Federalists valued "the democratic spirit."
Massive Overkill: The Pentagon’s High-Priced Nuclear Arsenal
America's nuclear arsenal is more about corporate welfare than actual national defense.
Money-Supply Growth Falls Yet Again, Dropping to 116-Month Low
Growth in the supply of US dollars fell again in September, this time to a 116-month low of 3.4 percent.
How Ludwig von Mises Studied History
While economics is concerned with purposeful action, history is different, and the historian asks why certain actions were undertaken.
Totalitarian Regimes Aren’t the Only Bloodthirsty Ones
Certainly some regimes are worse than others, but even non-totalitarian regimes are anything but humanitarian when judged properly.
