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A Fat, Comfortable Military Is a “Woke” Military
The US military's turn to "wokeness" is a result of decades of high military spending and public deference toward military...
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Military Conscription Is a Tool for Centralization, State Building, and Despotism
Support for federal conscription is contrary to principles of decentralization or a "limited republic." Early Americans would have viewed this...
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OPEC Can’t Make High Oil Prices Go Away
High oil prices are a symptom of economic and monetary imbalances, not just a consequence of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting...
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Nation and Nationality
The Nation as Speech Community The concepts nation and nationality are relatively new in the sense in which we understand...
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“Going Cashless” Isn’t as Easy as It Seems
Many economic commentators are in favor of phasing out cash. They are of the view that cash provides support to...
Read moreIs College Worthwhile? A Two-Time Dropout’s Take
Pursuing one’s dreams without a degree requires more self-discipline than serving four years on campus. One of Nietzsche’s best lines...
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The Criminality of the State
As well as I can judge, the general attitude...
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Has the Rise of Socialism in US Politics Been a Boon to Austrian Economics? Evidence from Social Media and Other Metrics
Abstract: The rise of socialism has been one of the more dramatic movements in US politics in the modern era,...
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Should We Get Rid of Guns?
You will not be surprised to learn that my answer is no, but what I’d like to discuss in this...
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Keynesian Supply Shocks and Hayekian Secondary Deflations
Abstract: In response to the COVID-19 lockdown policies, Guerrieri et al. (2020) developed a new concept: the Keynesian supply shock....
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