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For the Midterms to Matter, the GOP Needs More MTG, Less McConnell
Firebrands like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz demand a GOP-controlled Congress hold DC villains accountable. If the GOP refuses...
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In the Red: The Federal Reserve’s Portfolio Joins the Rest of the Market
The Federal Reserve is on pace to lose somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 billion over the next year to...
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“Antidemocratic” Just Means “Something the Regime Doesn’t Like.”
Marxist regimes used to slap the word "anti-revolutionary" on everything the regimes disliked. Today's regimes use the words "undemocratic" and...
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Individual Time Preferences, Not the Central Bank, Determine Real Interest Rates
On Wednesday, November 2, 2022, the Fed raised the target for the policy rate by 0.75 percent, to 4.00 percent,...
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How to Think about Monetary Intervention
The Boom-Bust Cycle The economy’s constant flux...
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Will Environmentalists Doom Global Food Supplies?
Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk with economic anthropologist Jovana Diković about how a focus on "solving" global warming endangers...
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The Housing Boom Is Already Over. Get Ready for Even Higher Prices.
As mortgage rates have risen this year, the demand for home purchases has fallen. That has spelled trouble for the...
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It Didn’t Begin with FDR: Currency Devaluation in the Third Century Roman Empire
Roman keynesianism that ruined the empire and destroyed the Roman economy. Original Article: "It Didn't Begin with FDR: Currency Devaluation in...
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World War I: The Great War Was also the Great Enabler of Progressive Governance
Commentaries about World War I frequently discuss causes and consequences but almost never mention the enablers. At best, they might...
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World Dollar Hegemony Is Ending (and That May Be a Good Thing)
The dollar's petrodollar status has led the Federal Reserve to irresponsibly inflate the currency. The rest of the world has noticed...
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