The economic doctrine of “externalities” has become an excuse for governments to intervene economically in heavy-handed ways, all in the name of “saving” the environment.
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Trump Says US Will Keep Seized Venezuelan Oil and...
President Trump said on Monday that the US will “keep” the Venezuelan oil and two tankers that it seized off the coast of Venezuela, and is escalating a blockade on the country.
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Gallup poll says Jerome Powell is more popular than...
Two days before Christmas, 1913, the infamous “creature from Jekyll Island,” the Federal Reserve System, was birthed into our body politic. It has been devouring the economy ever since.
It’s difficult and often dangerous to depend on the government. But statists, no matter the problems, will often say government services aren’t fully funded; that almost all these services should be expanded.
The idea is now widespread that communities or groups exercise a form of collective thought, which can be duly expressed by the leader of the group as the thoughts of the group mind.
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Home Prices and Sales Fall. Can Sellers Count on...
Financial bubbles, which used to be rare, have become a way of life, thanks to a quarter century of easy money policies from the Federal Reserve System. We need to better understand how bubbles form and why they are so harmful.
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How the Soviets Replaced Christmas with a Socialist...
Father Frost (the Soviet Santa Claus) asks: "To whom do we owe all the good things in our socialist society?,” to which, it is said, the children chorus the reply, "Stalin."
President Trump announced the tariffs aiming at two goals: protecting American producers and the relocation of foreign companies to the US. People have been “protected” by being disallowed peaceful, mutually-beneficial trades with others.
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The Brutality of the US Empire Is on Display in...
Murray Rothbard properly noted that the predatory state needs its “court intellectuals” to legitimize its predations. American higher education is happy to provide them.
Richard McDaniel interviews Paul Gottfried, getting his perspective on wokeness and other shenanigans and hijinks that are coming from modern American higher education.
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The Illusion of Democracy: The “Iron Law of Oligarchy”
“Political globalism” bears the unmistakable signature of an oligarchized democracy. No matter how we vote, a small elite manages to get its way on its central issues.
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Home Prices and Sales Fall. Can Sellers Count on...