A Port in the War on Drugs Storm
The port city Gloucester Massachusetts Chief of Police announced that he was no longer going to arrest hard drug addicts and that indeed his police force would now work to help drug addicts get help
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Keeping the Bubble-Boom Going
The Fed is talking about raising interest rates, but it knows that any move in that direction is likely to cause a recession and more economic pain. But it also knows it can't keep forcing down interest rates forever.
Block: Defending the Blackmailer
Do not blackmailers, well, blackmail people? And what could be worse? Blackmailers prey on people's dark, hidden secrets. They threaten to expose and publicize them. They bleed their victims and often drive them to suicide. We will find, however, that the case against the blackmailer cannot stand serious analysis
James Bovard Joins Board of Contributors of USA Today
It’s great to see that mises.org and The Austrian contributor James Bovard has joined the Board of Contributors of USA Today
Rothbard on Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure
We live in a world of euphemism.
Pharmaceutical Prices, Patents, and the FDA
Economist Jeffrey Sachs is complaining that some new drugs cost "too much." But after we sift through all the intellectual property rules, the FDA regs, and the government subsidies, it's impossible to guess what a "correct" price for the drugs might be.
Ron Paul: The Fed Is Afraid to Raise Rates
In this CNBC video, Ron Paul notes that almost all economists consider price manipula
How Keynes Almost Prevented the Keynesian Revolution
In 1925, Winston Churchill, in spite of massive wartime inflation of the pound sterling, restored the gold standard at the old pre-war exchange rate. This set off a chain of events that led to the 1929 crash in America, and the rise of Keynesianism.
Logic and the Rudeness Rebuttal
One of the trickiest needles for libertarians to thread in public policy discussions is what I call the rudeness
