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Americans are clearly more interested in getting our problems solved at home than acting as policeman for the world.
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Ryan McMaken, editor-in-chief for Mises.org, joins John Stossel to grade Donald Trump’s first year in office prior to tonight’s State of the Union.
Governments at all levels abuse their “privilege” of eminent domain, the taking of private property for government use. Murray Rothbard understood that government was...
Debt, tariffs, and money printing: Mark Thornton explains how the policy machine rewires markets, and why metals and commodities react first.
Jonathan Newman tackles the new “Federal Reserve Simulator” game in which players try to match wits against the Fed. As Newman found out, however,...
Americans are clearly more interested in getting our problems solved at home than acting as policeman for the world.
This latest gold surge follows President Trump’s weekend threats of new tariffs on eight countries unless they support a U.S. purchase of Greenland.
The term “States’ Rights” is interpreted in many ways, but it refers to the separation of powers between states and the federal government. It...
Although some scholars have labeled the early Ming Dynasty as a proto-liberal state, they are mistaken. The Ming governance at that time was weak,...
The original 13 British colonies that made up the early United States had very different populations with decidedly different political and social outlooks.
Economists consider probability to be central to economic analysis, but, as Ludwig von Mises wrote, economic action involves unique and purposeful events, not random...
The rise of the state led to the rise of credentialism, however, credentialism neither guarantees competence nor quality.
Inflation is a government tool used to confiscate wealth from ordinary citizens and transfer it to government agents and others who are politically connected....
Bob revisits Böhm-Bawerk’s critique of the exploitation theory of interest to answer modern claims that billionaires like Elon Musk must have “stolen” their wealth...