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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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This week, Bob walks through Javier Milei’s 2026 address to the World Economic Forum, explaining the Austrian and neoclassical ideas behind Milei’s defense of...
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Keynesians claimed that stagflation—rising price levels and increasing rates of unemployment—couldn’t happen. Then it happened time and again, something predicted and coherently explained by...
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Gen. Caine couldn’t provide the same assurances for success as he did with Venezuela. President Trump later denied the reports about Caine’s warnings.
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Unfortunately, slavery was not just propped up by policy in the slave states, but federally. It is often overlooked that the federal government—not just...
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Whatever positive economic changes the Milei government might have made in Argentina, the country is still not attractive for new capital investment.
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Keynesians claimed that stagflation—rising price levels and increasing rates of unemployment—couldn’t happen. Then it happened time and again, something predicted and coherently explained by...
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Before Murray Rothbard, there was Albert Jay Nock laying intellectual broadsides against the tyranny of the state. While Nock (unlike Rothbard) never called for...