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The “benchmark” Thanksgiving meal is cheaper only because Wal-Mart greatly reduced the size of the meal, and then declared it more affordable.
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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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Mainstream economists and others speak of the Consumer Price Index as the measure of inflation. Yet, the CPI is nothing more than a weighted...
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Michael F. Cannon Steve Moses has been studying and advocating for better long-term care (LTC) for decades. In the latest Cato Policy Analysis, “Better...
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Walter Olson Number seventeen in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: The Supreme Court agrees to review a Fifth Circuit...
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One of the most enduring myths of American History is that Herbert Hoover was a laissez-faire advocate who “did nothing” while the U.S. economy...