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Bob uses three recent controversies–Richard Murphy’s “Christmas all year” claim, Elon Musk’s net worth, and Ron DeSantis on the Great Depression–to clear up common...
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Each economic crisis brought on loose money brings on a “solution” of…looser money. This pattern is not just a threat to the economy but...
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The standard explanation for the Constitutional Convention was that the Articles of Confederation were a failure. However, the Articles actually worked the way they...
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Hyperinflation isn’t ancient history. It’s a recurring policy failure with war-level damage.
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Dan Greenberg Several of my colleagues have written about today’s controversy: the shooting, at point-blank range, of Renee Good. They are just a few...
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Marcos Falcone Over 26 years, Venezuela’s gradual transition from a democracy into a dictatorship involved increasing authoritarianism on the part of the Chávez-Maduro regime. It...
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Matthew Cavedon A recent conversation between two judges suggests that mercy should have more of a role in the criminal legal system than many...
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Anti-impact environmentalists want you dead; they will settle, in the short term, for you to feel guilty for existing, producing and consuming, and willing...
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As an official Public Policy Hooligan, James Bovard is well-known for some of his zingers. Here are some he wrote in 2025.
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The standard explanation for the Constitutional Convention was that the Articles of Confederation were a failure. However, the Articles actually worked the way they...
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Stephen Slivinski President Trump’s recent Truth Social missive about housing fits the mold of many of his others to date: he identifies an issue...
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Colleen Hroncich “I was a teacher who always stretched the limits and broke the rules a little bit,” admits Kristin Fink, founder of Skola...
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The Continentals and other paper monies only temporarily retained some value largely because of an initial promise of future redemption in gold and silver—a...
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Jim Beam has been making whiskey for a long time, through thick and thin. But the Trump tariffs have shut down the venerable distillery.
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Most academic historians claim that big businesses in the US were economy-choking monopolies at the end of the 19th century, and that government was...
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Great Britain’s Labour government continues to pursue the ruinous policies of inflation and out-of-control spending, all in the name of promoting economic growth. They...