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In the late 1800s, American finally went in search of empire abroad, taking land by force and subjugating people who simply wanted their captors...
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The bulk of the US gold reserves held in Fort Knox are made up of impure “non-standard” bars that don’t qualify for use in...
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When the recent NFL draft was held in Pittsburgh, city officials declared bus fares would be free so fans would pack the auditorium where...
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The best guarantee of jobs in the industry isn’t subsidies for the losers, but the prospect of profits for the winners.
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The so-called money multiplier that exists through fractional reserve banking is propped up by central banking and inflation. It is not a good thing...
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Today, the mortgage interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.47%, remaining near a 3-month high as Iran-war uncertainty weighs on bonds.
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Fuelling at service stations has been restricted to 50 litres per day for private vehicles and 200 litres for companies and other priority users...
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“The U.S. government is insolvent. That’s not hyperbole — it’s the conclusion drawn directly from the Treasury Department’s own consolidated financial statements.”
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Issues of homelessness and vagrancy in public spaces and on public transportation are made worse because government ownership of the property does not allow...
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If economics has its Unicorn, it would be the Giffen Good, the good that would seem to defy the Law of Demand. While economists...
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In memory of Roger Garrison, Bob walks through Garrison’s famous capital-based macroeconomics diagrams, showing how they translate the Mises-Hayek theory of the boom-bust cycle...
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Two interviews, two timelines: before and after the Middle East war. Mark Thornton explains what the conflict means for oil, inflation, and why gold...
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The Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Yousif Almoayyed.