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Policing the Narrative
In our age of contested truths, the power to define reality is the ultimate sign of control. Do you control yourself, or does someone else?
The State’s Cargo Cult Economics
Watching the Federal Reserve's inflationary “strategy” of enacting repeated “stimulus” and creating asset bubbles, one is reminded of the “Cargo Cult” in the South Pacific after the end of World War II.
Tariffs, Protectionism, and Why Borders Matter
The political zeitgeist is to embrace protectionism, leading some who support free trade to embrace open borders. However, as Murray Rothbard explained, people and societies are complex entities and what may work for trade does not work for open immigration.
Has “Neo-Liberalism” Failed in the United States?
David R. Henderson joins Bob to critique a recent Brad DeLong essay, which argued that the US had tried an experiment in "neo-liberalism" and that it failed utterly.
Politics Breeds Conflict while the Market Brings Peace
The market always tends to bring people together in peace, neither compelling nor forbidding exchanges. This is why racists and despots prefer the state to markets.
The Trump Campaign Tries to Buy Votes by Subsidizing IVF
Stung by political gains from Democrats over abortion and other issues, the Trump campaign tries to woo voters by promising to subsidize in vitro fertilization. What possibly could go wrong?
Explaining Imperialism
In the present age of denouncing “colonialism,” we need to better understand what imperialism was and why it came about. David Gordon critiques Joseph Schumpeter‘s account of western imperialism of the 19th and 20th centuries.
