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This spring marks the twentieth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. After an initial frenzy of war...

Previously I explained Ludwig von Mises’s descriptive philosophy of the consent of individuals as the only thing that gives value...

Walter Bagehot, as Jim Grant writes, believed that bankers and central bankers should exhibit financial discipline. He would not recognize...

The Central bankers of the world, apparently losing confidence that they can fix the inflation they created, are turning to...

To understand the economy, most financial experts and commentators rely upon gross domestic product (GDP). The GDP framework looks at...

Official Washington and its Court Media are up in arms that someone has told the truth via leaking government documents....

A mom in the neighborhood recently made trouble. Macroeconomic trouble. Here is a way to spot such trouble, and how...

Last week the House passed legislation increasing the debt ceiling. The bill was supported by all but four Republicans. For...

Even when currency is backed by gold, governments have many political reasons to pursue national, territorial currencies. Now there are...

The Austrian business cycle theory teaches us that low interest rates manipulated by the central bank lead to malinvestments, which...