Everything You Love You Owe to Capitalism
I’m sure that you have had this experience before, or something similar to it. You are sitting at lunch in a nice restaurant or perhaps a hotel. Waiters are coming …
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Monetary Policy and Environmental Progress: Why Bad Money Drives Up Pollution
Many people are growing concerned about pollution and its growing effects on our environment and quality of life. So much so it seems, that politicians are now taking nuclear power …
The Philosophy of the Pseudoprogressives
1. The Two Lines of Marxian Thought and Policies In all countries which have not openly adopted a policy of outright and all-around socialization the conduct of government affairs has …
It Is Time to Put the Red Flag to Red-Flag Laws
Both progressives and conservatives are touting so-called red-flag laws as a means to prevent mass shootings. But many shootings already have occurred in states that have these laws. Original Article: …
Low Interest Rates and High Taxes Won’t Help against Inflation: The Economy Needs Savings and Real Investment
Now that inflation is the highest it has been in four decades, the monetary authorities are trying one trick after another. Only ending artificially low interest rates will help. Original …
Why the “New World Order” Is Impossible to Implement without Creating Mass Chaos
Global elites have a “wonderful” plan for the rest of us, even if they don’t intend to live within its strictures. Original Article: “Why the “New World Order” Is Impossible …
If Mauritius is a Tax H(e)aven, Other African Countries Must be Tax Hells
It is common for commentator to point to corruption, incompetence, malicious Western meddling, and other factors as the source of Africa’s continued economic woes. One seldom hears so-called experts point to …
Why Federal Agencies Go Rogue
The IRS plans to hire 87,000 new armed agents, while an FBI raid on Trump–the administration’s open political rival–draws allegations of corruption. Economists and political scientists, from Mises to Robert …
Patents and Progress
Murray Rothbard rejected patents, and other writers, following and extending his views, have developed a wide array of arguments against patents in particular and intellectual property (IP) in general. Stephan …
Economies Cannot Produce Wealth without Patience and Long-Term Horizons
People decrying poverty in developing countries usually overlook the fact that there is a dearth of long-term economic thinking. Original Article: “Economies Cannot Produce Wealth without Patience and Long-Term Horizons” This …