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Modern Portfolio Theory: Economics without Praxeology
A popular idea in finance theory is that the prices of financial assets fully reflect all available and relevant information...
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Cantillon Effects: Why Inflation Helps Some and Hurts Others
We now turn our attention to what happens with an increase in the money supply, rather than an increase in...
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Mises, Kant, and Worker Exploitation
Most of my readers are likely to think that socialism is morally wrong in that it violates people’s rights; but in...
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Avoiding Military Conscription Through Emigration: A Long and Common Tradition
In the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kiev government issued a decree that men between the...
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The $73 Million Settlement Against Gun Manufacturer Remington is Backdoor Gun Control
Remington Arms, America’s oldest gun manufacturer, settled for $73 million in a wrongful-death suit filed by the families of several...
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Martial Law Was Not a Political Panacea for the Philippines
Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been making headlines lately as the presidential race in the Philippines runs ever closer towards...
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The Roman Empire Wasn’t “Civilization.” It Was Violence.
Review of Michael Kulikowski, Imperial Triumph: The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine (London: Profile Books, 2016) and Imperial Tragedy:...
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No, Inflation Is Not “Transitory,” and It Is Worse than the Government Admits
The inflation rates reported by governments are generally, at the very least, a little lower than they actually are. And...
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Why Putin Probably Hasn’t Doomed the Dollar
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the economic consequences of Russia's invasion of...
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Behind Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum, and the Great Reset: Part 3
Bob continues his series on Klaus Schwab and the Great Reset, highlighting an interesting remark in Biden's SOTU, Strobe Talbott's...
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