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Draper on War: When Is War Just?

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2024/11/22

This week, David Gordon guides us through the thoughts of Kai Draper in his book, War and Individual Rights. Dr. Gordon praises a great deal of Draper's argumentation, but has some criticisms.

Logs Only Roll In One Direction: Fighting Kinetic Energy

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2024/11/22

Wealth and Income Inequality Are Essential for Social...

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2024/11/21

Murray Rothbard wrote that egalitarianism is a “revolt against nature.” Progressives claim that inequality harms society and is morally unacceptable, but in reality, it is necessary for division of labor, which enables social cooperation.

A Critique of Black Box Economics

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2024/11/21

Mainstream economists today examine economic phenomena from a “black box” perspective in which they look at inputs and outputs without trying to understand causal mechanisms that make the outcomes possible.

Will Foreign Policy Really Be Different Under Trump?

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2024/11/21

Ryan and Zachary Yost look at some of the ways Trump's foreign policy might actually be a step in the right direction.

The Myth of the “Aguinaldo”

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2024/11/21

In Costa Rica the a guinaldo—a legally-mandated Christmas bonus—is an acquired labor right and is meant to provide workers with additional financial security.

President Biden Gives the Green Light to an Act of...

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2024/11/20

In an outrageous act, lame-duck President Joe Biden gives Ukraine permission to fire US-made missiles into Russia.

President Biden Gives the Green Light to an Act of...

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2024/11/20

If the government’s primary job were, as we’re taught, to protect the lives and property of the American people, then avoiding a nuclear exchange would be its single greatest priority.

Will Gavin Newsom Become the New "Teflon" Politician?

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2024/11/20

Although he has presided over numerous economic disasters and people are leaving the state, there are many who will want him for 2028.

Trump’s Immigration Plans: The Good and the Bad

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2024/11/20

One does not need to be an advocate of open borders to have concerns when one hears about a federal law enforcement agency engaging in a “crackdown.”

The French State Plans to Force You to Drive an EV

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2024/11/20

In Europe, just as in the US, governments have decreed that “not enough” people are buying EVs. Now the French government wants to force more EV sales.

If Trump Didn’t Send Musk to Talk with the...

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2024/11/20

One of the most encouraging and promising things President-elect Trump said in his post-election acceptance speech was, “I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars…”

A Free-Market Guide to Trump's Immigration Crackdown

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2024/11/19

One does not need to be an advocate of open borders to have concerns when one hears about a federal law enforcement agency engaging in a “crackdown.”

Post-Election Prospects for Ending DEI

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2024/11/19

With the demise of the Biden administration, it is time to take a hard look at the DEI programs it imposed. While divisive, simple removal will not solve underlying problems.

The Menace of Tariffs

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2024/11/19

Gresham’s Law: Bitcoin Will Save the World!

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2024/11/19

While most of us are familiar with Gresham‘s Law, we should remember that it does not mean that bad money is preferred to good money. Instead, it refers to a situation in which government mandates that inferior and superior money legally have the same face value.

Nagel on Libertarianism and Other Things

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2024/11/19

David Gordon takes another look at Thomas Nagel's Equality and Partiality. While he finds some of Nagel's arguments appealing, they still are inferior to Murray Rothbard's systematic interpretation of natural rights.

The Birth of “Irrational Exuberance”

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2024/11/19

Long before there was Alan Greenspan to turn the Federal Reserve into Casino Central, there was John Law, France's minister of finance.

Ten Lessons on US Foreign Policy from Enough Already

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2024/11/19

In this review of Scott Horton's book, Enough Already, we see that the wars the US has waged for the past quarter century in the Middle East have been a disaster. Millions of deaths and a massive refugee crisis later, the unmistakable verdict is in.

Answering the Confused Critics of Austrian Economics

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2024/11/19

There are numerous critics of the Austrian School of economics, but when their disparagements are closely examined, the so-called experts themselves are wrong. Austrians can do a better job of setting the record straight.

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