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If devaluing the currency was a real measure of competitiveness, Argentina and Venezuela would be the most competitive nations on the planet.
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An enduring progressive myth is that racial and religious minorities can only make economic gains if government “levels the playing field.” The historical record...
Our taxes are due today. It’s a reminder that we must get past the tax reformers’ favorite ploy of revenue neutrality.
One of the arguments given in favor of tariffs is that they will enable domestic manufacturers to better compete with producers abroad. While people...
It is not just the future generation who bears the burden of increased government debt, but the current generation who pay the interest to...
If devaluing the currency was a real measure of competitiveness, Argentina and Venezuela would be the most competitive nations on the planet.
President Trump‘s recent assertions that the Fed should lower the discount rate puts him squarely in the middle of Fed politics and exposes the...
Central bank digital currencies are surveillance disguised as money.
Part of bringing up young children is to tell them stories and accounts about people who did the right thing, and how they made...
“The critical point was, again the Middle Ages, and there you had an adversarial position between the church and the state that was, in...
American history classes typically teach that the original transcontinental railroad was a major triumph. What they don‘t say is that it was a product...
Jonathan Newman joins Bob to explore the archaeological evidence for silver as money in ancient Mesopotamia, challenging Modern Monetary Theory and affirming Menger’s classic...
Think silver prices are manipulated? There’s more to the story. Mark Thornton explores the economic theory of “joint supply” and how it can create...
When someone does not passively accept the statement that FDR’s New Deal brought about economic recovery, but instead demonstrates anti-recovery, those ideologically committed to...