Why a “Dollar” Should Only Be a Name for a Unit of Gold
No one prints dollars on the purely free market because there are, in fact, no dollars; there are only commodities, such as wheat, cars, and gold.
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Our Monetary System Favors the Rich and Hurts the Poor
Our monetary system encourages debt and punishes saving. It also benefits those who already have money at the expense of those who do not.
The Consequences of Militarized Police Forces
When police are trained to regard the citizens as military opponents, bad things happen.
The Week in Review: July 23, 2016
As expected, this week's political convention failed to offer any real solutions to the problems we face.
America Needs a Good, Old-Fashioned Economic Depression
Central bankers are moving heedlessly toward what Ludwig von Mises called "crack-up boom."
NBC’s The Blacklist: Why Reddington Is Better than the State
The Blacklist's Raymond Reddington illustrates how private-sector criminals are often better than the public-sector kind.
Britain’s Minimum Wage Short-Changes Young Workers
In the UK, a national minimum wage was introduced in 1999. Things have been getting worse for young workers ever since.
FTC Cracks Down on Sponsored Content
Even if consumer protection regulation is motivated by good intentions, it inevitably undermines competition and consumer welfare.
Brazil’s Lost Decade: We Must Free Our Economy
Here in Brazil, free-market ideas have long been ridiculed and ignored, with disastrous results.
When Guerrilla Warfare Can Succeed — And When It Will Fail
Murray Rothbard suggested that non-state insurgents were preferable to state-operated militaries. But can non-state armies ever succeed?
