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Napoleon’s Continental System and the Human Cost of...

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2025/08/29

In 1806 Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree, laying out his Continental System he hoped would starve Great Britain into submission through blockades and anti-trade policies. In the end, smuggling and outright avoidance of the law brought down his system and his empire.

The Disaster that Was George W. Bush

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2025/08/28

Few presidents—if any—in our lifetimes have done as much damage as George W. Bush did in his eight years in office. Unfortunately, a number of pundits are trying to rehabilitate his disaster of a presidency to contrast him to President Trump.

Rock-Paper-Scissors, Government-Style

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2025/08/28

The popular game, Rock-Paper-Scissors, operates according to a firm set of rules. However, when government sets the rules or refuses to properly enforce rules, then so-called limited government simply turns into a government power play.

The Real Problem with Trump’s Intel Deal

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2025/08/28

The federal government taking an ownership stake in Intel is neither a promising new approach to governance nor an unprecedented leap into economic fascism.

Federal Land Ownership Hampers Native Prosperity

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2025/08/28

American Indian reservations have some of the worst poverty rates in the nation, which increases calls for even more federal government intervention. However, it is the intervention itself that is creating the poverty in the first place.

Gerrymandering and Representative Democracy

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2025/08/28

Gerrymandering is a symptom of the failure of representative democracy. Political minorities are surrounded by others who overwhelm their votes and elect politicians who do not represent anyone but themselves.

The Real Problem with Trump’s Intel Deal

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2025/08/27

The federal government taking an ownership stake in Intel is neither a promising new approach to governance nor an unprecedented leap into economic fascism. It’s simply Trump embracing the corrupt status quo he ran against with a superficial rebrand.

Powell Cares More About Fed “Independence” than...

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2025/08/27

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s claims to want to protect the “independence” of the Federal Reserve ring hollow. Following sound monetary policies is more important than the theoretical “independence” of the central bank.

The Great Delisting: Home Sellers Scoff at Peasant...

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2025/08/27

In case you haven‘t noticed, housing prices are not rising like they did a short time ago, thanks to higher interest rates. Bringing down those rates, however, will increase inflation and make housing less affordable.

President Trump Should Return to an "America First"...

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2025/08/26

After four years of unnecessarily confrontational foreign policy under President Biden, Americans elected Donald Trump in part for his promise to put America first at home and overseas.

How Scholarly Theories Impede the Search for...

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2025/08/26

Modern historians no longer seek historical truth but rather analyze history through series of politically-based narratives. But what happens when those narratives are effectively challenged? Mainstream historians then simply ignore the results and simply repeat what they have been saying.

Murray Rothbard on Flag Burning

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2025/08/26

The “Open Diplomacy” Fallacy

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2025/08/26

“Because these meetings are held in the glare of world-wide media coverage, the parties to a dispute will be reluctant to make concessions.”

Murray Rothbard on the US Embargo on Cuba

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2025/08/26

The US Cuban embargo continues, to the detriment of both countries. Not surprisingly, Murray Rothbard had strong opinions on the embargo, as he believed that US policies not only were self-defeating, but were outright harmful.

Book Review: Theoria Generalis: Das Wesen des...

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2025/08/26

Paul Gottfried reviews Ulrich Hintze's Theoria Generalis: Das Wesen des Politischen. Hintze argues that true political authority requires individual freedom, and he criticizes modern democracy for devolving into bureaucratic predation.

Book Review: The Gold Standard: Retrospect and Prospect

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2025/08/26

Patrick Newman reviews The Gold Standard: Retrospect and Prospect. The collection provides an honest assessment of the gold standard, highlighting both the strengths and limitations of the gold standard, while also addressing alternatives such as monetary rules and cryptocurrencies

Book Review: Banking and Monetary Policy from the...

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2025/08/26

Joseph Salerno reviews Banking and Monetary Policy from the Perspective of Austrian Economics. Covering topics ranging from inflation targeting to cryptocurrency, this collection is indispensable reading for anyone interested in the Austrian monetary thought.

Book Review: The Economists' Hour: False Prophets,...

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2025/08/26

David Gordon reviews Binyamin Appelbaum's The Economists' Hour. As a critique of free-market economics, the book fails, relying on appeals to competing values and misattributing government failures to the market.

Book Review: The Gold Standard: Retrospect and Prospect

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2025/08/26

Bob Murphy reviews The Gold Standard: Retrospect and Prospect. This is a useful collection for those who want an evenhanded analysis of the gold standard that extends to modern topics such as cryptocurrency and currency boards.

Book Review: Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word

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2025/08/26

Chris Calton reviews Michael Sonenscher's Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word. The book meanders through abstract associations to claim that the division of labor is “worse” than capitalism without providing context or engaging with real historical developments.

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