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Prices, Food, Employment: AI and Robotics Are for Regular Folks, Not Just the Elite
While politicians, media mavens, and the academic elite spread fear about artificial intelligence, AI is helping make life better for ordinary...
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Taxing Capital Leads to Capital Consumption
The Misesian tradition provides essential insights into the nature of capital. From Frédéric Bastiat to Murray N. Rothbard, Austrian capital...
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Price Inflation Growth Slowed Slightly in April. Now Wall Street Will Demand More Easy Money.
The federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released new price inflation data Wednesday, and according to the report, price inflation during...
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Trump, Dominion and the Weaponization of Defamation
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk about recent court cases involving defamation claims, justifying libertarian...
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Should Local Municipalities Default on Their Debts? Seems Like a Good Idea
While most free market advocates are fixated on the national debt, they also should be looking at municipal debt over...
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The Money Supply Has Plummeted in the Biggest Drop Since the Great Depression
Money supply growth fell again in March, plummeting further into negative territory after turning negative in November 2022 for the...
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Finance Discovers Sting: “How Fragile We Are”
An ongoing debate concerns the plunge in the four-week Treasury note yield in relation to the three-month Treasury yield. At...
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The Ukraine War Isn’t about Democracy. It’s about States Seeking More Power.
The fight between Russia and NATO is not about "democracy versus authoritarianism." Rather both the US and Russian states are doubling...
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Progressives Want to Eliminate Wealthy Entrepreneurs but Need the Wealth They Create
Being perceived as anti–working class is a cardinal sin in American politics. Working-class people are seen as the unappreciated engine...
Read moreGovernment Budget Deficits Cannot Stimulate True Economic Growth
A central tenet of Keynesian economics is that governments must run budget deficits to stimulate economic growth. But government spending actually...
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