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Roger Williams, the Baptist minister whose libertarian views ran afoul of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities, should be honored as one of this country’s...
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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...
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Thomas A. Berry Are you graduating from law school in 2026, or are you a lawyer with roughly 0–2 years of legal experience? Do you...
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While the Fed continues its “two percent” charade, the central bank has been inflating the US economy into ruin. The latest Fed capers will...
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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...
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For 150 years, Thanksgiving has been primarily an apolitical holiday that’s really about family fun and eating a huge meal.
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While it wouldn’t solve everything, a gold audit would be a step towards sound money.
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Walter Olson Donald Trump’s most infamous pardons are those he issued to January 6 rioters, which extended clemency to every wrongdoer, no matter how...
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Prompted by an online debate about whether economics belongs with the hard sciences, Bob reviews common defenses of mainstream practice and explains why they...
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Keynesian orthodoxy claims that the cause of recessions is a decline in so-called aggregate demand. Besides confusing cause-and-effect, Keynesians don’t understand that downturns are...
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Inflation is not just an economic phenomenon. It also undercuts the foundations of a civilization, leading to the breakdown of society itself.
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Four interviews in one cut: gold’s whiplash, ballooning debt, and what it all means for your wallet.