The Usual Suspects Are Pushing War with Russia
The US benefits in no way from a war with Russia. Fortunately, many Americans are less than enthusiastic. Original Article: “The Usual Suspects Are Pushing War with Russia“ This Audio …
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Why Intellectual Property Isn’t Necessary to Reward Innovation
Like new money, knowledge spreads unevenly through the economy in a kind of Cantillon effect. Here’s what that means for different market actors Original Article: “Why Intellectual Property Isn’t Necessary …
What Brought on the French Revolution?
No matter how much the American economy grows during the next decade, the government will have serious trouble funding expanding entitlements, increased education spending, and ongoing wars in the Middle …
Can China Conquer Taiwan?
Ryan and Tho discuss Taiwan policy with Zachary Yost, author of a new paper on the prospects of a Mainland Chinese takeover of Taiwan. China faces some very large obstacles, …
The Myth of Efficient Government Service
[This excerpt from Man, Economy, and State, with Power and Market is an explanation and elaboration of points first made in Ludwig von Mises’s Bureaucracy—and provides an excellent example of …
Wokism Could Provoke a Global Anti-American Backlash
“What starts here changes the world.” The University of Texas at Austin’s motto not only applies to the research university’s overall impact on world affairs, but also to the outsized …
John Hopkins Study: Lockdowns Only Reduce Mortality by 0.2%
“Lockdowns” for purposes of controlling the spread of covid have always been morally reprehensible. During 2020, police in American communities were actively assisting politicians in essentially confiscating the private property of business owners …
War as Spoliation
A man (and the same thing may be said of a people) may procure the means of existence in two ways,—by creating them, or by stealing them. Each of these …
Your History Teacher Lied About the “Era of Good Feelings”
Virginia’s stranglehold over American politics continues with President James Monroe. While high school textbooks refer to this period of one-party rule as the “Era of Good Feelings,” the reality is …
Conscription as an Omen
There is one step now proposed, supported by government propaganda, which seems to me to strike at the very basis of freedom. It is the proposal that we establish compulsory …