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Impressed at Vicksburg

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2025/05/31

Mark Thornton discusses a lesser-known factor in the American Civil War: the Confederate “impressment” policy and its impact at Vicksburg.

The Tobacco Standard in Colonial America

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2025/05/30

MMT and chartalism claims that money is a creature of the state and is valued because of state action. The fact that tobacco acted as colonial money independently of the state demonstrates this to be false.

Comrade Aristotle?

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2025/05/30

In today‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon looks back upon the ethical views of the late Alasdair MacIntyre. While praising MacIntyre‘s work, Dr. Gordon points out that he never abandoned his Marxist views of economics, making much of his philosophical thinking crucially deficient.

DOGE Disappointment, Keynesian Degeneracy, and...

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2025/05/30

On Power & Market, the group looks at the political legacy of Elon Musk, the moral costs of Keynesianism, and the absurdity of Harvard and NPR as public goods.

The Crucial Principle and Data At Stake in the SoHo...

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2025/05/30

Bob breaks down the recent Soho Forum immigration debate between Dave Smith and Alex Nowrasteh, clarifying the critical libertarian questions around property rights, open borders, and government authority.

The Economics of Obamacare—Next Round

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2025/05/30

Enrollment in government-subsidized “Obamacare” health insurance programs is expanding—and that is not a good thing. As more people place demands on the medical system, that system is increasingly unable to handle the growing demand.

Did the Fed Achieve Independence During the Korean War?

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2025/05/29

Rumor has it that the Federal Reserve was able to resist the president‘s demands to enable funding of the Korean War. However, a look at the record demonstrates conclusively that the Fed bowed to Harry Truman‘s wishes to do what it has done for a century: finance America‘s wars.

The One Bloated Brobdingnagian Bill

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2025/05/29

President Trump's so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is more of the same: big and bloated. It adds billions to the federal deficit and does nothing to deal with the government‘s ruinous debt. Naturally, the Republicans support it.

The Immorality of Keynesian Economics

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2025/05/29

Keynesian “economics” is not just wrong; its precepts are not just based upon fallacies but also on lies. Since Keynes self-described as an “immoralist,” we shouldn‘t be surprised that his economics is immoral, too.

Ludwig von Mises on Peace and Social Cooperation

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2025/05/29

The free market replaces the struggle for survival found in the animal world with social cooperation in which everybody benefits. Capitalism is a system of peace, not war.

The "Magic Coin" and Renewing Interest in Monetary...

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2025/05/29

David Brady, Jr. reviews Jonathan Newman's latest children‘s book that explains money in a way that even modern adults can understand.

The "Magic Coin" and Renewing Interest in Monetary...

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2025/05/29

David Brady, Jr. reviews The Magic Coin by Dr. Jonathan Newman, a children‘s book that explains money in a way that even modern adults can understand.

COVID ZIRP Triggers ABCT in LV Industrial RE

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2025/05/29

The Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) implemented by central banks during covid continues to provide real world examples of the Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT).

Take the Deal, President Trump

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2025/05/29

Deal-making is said to be President Trump’s specialty, yet after five rounds of indirect talks with Iran – most recently just days ago – we seem as far away from an agreement as ever.

The Cultural Consequences of Inflation

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2025/05/29

It is easy to think of inflation as just being economic in scope. Yet, as inflation becomes an expected part of the body politic, it affects the culture as well, encouraging everyone to try to live beyond their means.

Demand is rising for credit default swaps on US govt...

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2025/05/29

As debt piles up, the cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt has been rising steadily.

Poland's Turn Toward a Market Economy Saved It from...

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2025/05/29

Polish professor of political theory Łukasz Dominiak joins us to talk about how Poland embraced a market economy after the Cold War ended. We discuss some of the factors behind Poland's rise from poverty.

The American-Israeli Nineteenth-Century Ways of War

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2025/05/29

This brief historical sketch brings us to how the American and Israeli militaries of today have adopted a nineteenth-century-style war of extermination against what they consider to be another “lesser race.”

US court blocks Trump from imposing the bulk of his...

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2025/05/29

MAGA wants a single man to be able to raise taxes without any checks on this power. Fortunately, the courts disagreed.

Ludwig von Mises on Peace and Social Cooperation

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2025/05/29

The free market replaces the struggle for survival found in the animal world with social cooperation in which everybody benefits. Capitalism is a system of peace, not war.

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