How States Can End the Fed’s War on Fishing
Whether it's fishing or the Fed, the answer isn’t trying win over Washington – it is fighting it.
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The Fed Will Likely Chicken Out on Planned Rate Hikes
Either the boom goes on, and interest rates continue to remain at very low levels. Or interest rates move back to normal, and the boom turns into bust.
What Nassim Taleb Can Teach Us
Austro-libertarians will find much to admire in his brilliant takedowns of the “pseudo-experts” in academia, journalism, politics, and science.
Rising Oil Prices Don’t Cause Inflation
The core driver of general increases in prices of goods and services is central-bank driven money-supply growth, not the price of oil.
Social Justice and Mediocre Intellectuals
No intelligent man could fail to recognize that the left's aim was the abolition of the individual's freedom.
The Pope’s Favorite Straw Man: “Individualism”
Pope Francis's latest attack on "libertarian individualism" shows a deep ignorance of both libertarianism, and its relationship with markets.
The Horrors of Communist China
China became between 1949 and 1976 an experiment in total control unlike anything else in history.
From 0.2% to 4.3%: Atlanta Fed GDP Forecast
The Atlanta Fed's GDP growth forecast has jumped 22X since last week, as they anticipate a booming economy in Q2 that clearly did not materialize in Q1.
Americans Are More Mobile Than Many Other Societies — And That’s Not Always Good
Americans are more mobile residents of other countries, and this has many economic benefits. But residential mobility also has a number of hidden costs.
China’s Plan to Subvert the Global Dollar Standard
Are China and Russia prepared to escalate the financial war with America? It won't be easy, but they're increasingly motivated to do so.
