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The standing myth about AI is that it will put everyone out of work and leave the Marxian Reserve Army of Labor. The other...
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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,...
Hyperinflation has been a scourge throughout history. Professor Mark Thornton has found even more episodes of hyperinflation that have happened over the past several...
In the so-called world of strategic alliances, things often are not what they seem to be. It is that way with the Islamic State...
The term “States’ Rights” is interpreted in many ways, but it refers to the separation of powers between states and the federal government. It...
The standing myth about AI is that it will put everyone out of work and leave the Marxian Reserve Army of Labor. The other...
Portugal’s Estado Novo, which dominated politics for more than 30 years there, and was firmly anti-capitalist. It has been 50 years since Estado Novo’s...
Bob walks through a recent WIRED video on “the economics behind the Great Depression,” correcting its claims on lax regulation, Hoover’s alleged inaction, the...
While the Fed continues its “two percent” charade, the central bank has been inflating the US economy into ruin. The latest Fed capers will...
Historian Richard Hofstadter was a well-known progressive, but his take on Abraham Lincoln certainly differs from the hagiographic approach most US historians take toward...
For 150 years, Thanksgiving has been primarily an apolitical holiday that’s really about family fun and eating a huge meal.
A satirical essay from a 1978 classroom, speculating about what it would cost to become Santa.
Warren Harding provides a case for how lies and myths—in the name of the truth—can be centralized and become the dominant narrative for generations,...
The first English settlers in America learned a hard lesson about socialist economics in the early years of their new colonies as they faced...
For 150 years, Thanksgiving has been primarily an apolitical holiday that’s really about family fun and eating a huge meal.