Mises, Rothbard, and Catalonia
Like Mises, Rothbard does not require a seceding group to be classical liberal in orientation in order to secede.
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Tax Cuts Without Spending Cuts Won’t Grow the Economy
The presence of central banks allows governments to cut tax rates without actually cutting effective taxation.
Everyone Has Property Rights, Whether They Know it or Not
Even if the Native Americans didn't understand property rights at all, that still wouldn't justify stealing their land, and killing them.
Why Understanding the Progressive Era Still Matters
Judge Napolitano's preface speaks to why the Progressive Era is so key to our understanding of modern America.
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.
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.
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.
