How Much Do Central Banks Cost Us?
Anti-gold advocates claim that precious metals are wasteful. This is hardly convincing when we look at the fat budgets and payrolls of central banks.
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Can We Blame the New iPhone’s Mediocrity on Inflation?
To keep up with inflation, Apple needed to raise prices. But they also needed to add features to the iPhone to justify the price increase.
In a Cashless World, You’d Better Pray the Power Never Goes Out
Getting rid of physical cash only makes an economy more fragile.
Will Tax Reform Increase or Limit Liberty?
Republicans’ failure to cut spending means that their tax plan will do little to increase liberty or prosperity.
America: The Dictatress of the World
John Quincy Adams warned that if the US sought to run the world, "she would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit."
Entrepreneurs Are the Key To Economic Development
How did the most advanced economies get to where they are? What can less-advanced economies do to catch up with the leading pack?
Thaler Wins Nobel
Austrians have been mostly skeptical about behavioral economics.
Is it a Crime to Support Government Aggression?
Are supporters of the minimum wage law criminals? Possibly, but not necessarily.
Did the Indians Understand the Concept of Private Property?
On Columbus Day, it's helpful to remember that the American Indians have always been rational users of private property, just like everyone else.
Come, You Masters of War
Andrew Bacevich is not optimistic that the American state's drive for constant war will end soon.
