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According to mainstream economists, inflation aids economic growth while deflation impairs growth. Austrian economists, however, point out that in much of US history, economic...
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What are the things that undermine and ultimately destroy an economy and our standard of living? Dr. Mark Thornton presents seven reasons why our...
Modern economists attempt to define money by correlating it with economic activity. As Austrian economists know, money is defined by its function as a...
This week, Bob walks through two related debates: Hoppe’s criticism of Argentina’s President Milei for not immediately closing Argentina’s central bank, and the follow-up...
While US politicians are presenting policy prescriptions to make life more affordable, none of them are proposing what really would end this crisis: free...
According to mainstream economists, inflation aids economic growth while deflation impairs growth. Austrian economists, however, point out that in much of US history, economic...
Through its coercive monopoly over money creation, government constantly engages in silent theft through inflation, all done in the name of “stimulating” the economy.
Advocates for US military intervention have invoked the war against the Barbary pirates as justification. Yet, an examination of that conflict shows that President...
In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines John Tomasi’s thesis of Free Market Fairness that the collectivism espoused by John Rawls is...
A long-enduring myth about money is that we need a flexible or “elastic” currency for the economy to grow. Economist Jonathan Newman joins us...
Although the political establishment claims the Comey indictment represents an unprecedented moment in our history, the truth is much different. Federal prosecutors have a...
Although the political establishment claims the Comey indictment represents an unprecedented moment in our history, the truth is much different. Federal prosecutors have a...
The Renaissance period is see as mostly positive by historians, but the sinister development of absolutism and the imperial state complicates the legacy of...