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The Afghan Scam
The Iran/Afghanistan crises have been...
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“Shortages” Aren’t Causing Inflation. Money Creation Is.
For central bankers and mainstream analysts the recent inflation outburst is only a transitory phenomenon which has nothing or very...
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Why Worrying about Everything Is Bad Foreign Policy
The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacencyby John MuellerCambridge University Press, 2021, 332 pp. The...
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The Economic Foundations of Freedom
Animals are driven by instinctive urges. They yield to the impulse that prevails at the...
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It’s Wrong to Draft Women. It’s Also Wrong to Draft Men.
As in many previous years, this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is chock-full of terrible legislation slyly inserted into...
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Why Does Money Have Value? Not Because the Government Says It Does.
Why does the dollar bill in our pockets have value? According to some commentators, money has value because the government...
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Defaulting on the Debt Is the Moral Thing to Do
Raising the debt limit will only delay the inevitable while courting fiscal and monetary chaos: higher interest rates, cuts to...
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How “Cultural Distance” between Societies Can Hamper Economic Prosperity
Uncovering the cause of disparities in long-term economic performance across societies is of paramount importance to economists. Differences in institutional...
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Why Americans Would Benefit from a Government Default
The Biden administration's rhetoric on the debt ceiling has become nothing short of apocalyptic. The Treasury Department has announced that...
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COMMON SENSE: The Case for an Independent Texas
Bob covers some of the key points in his new pamphlet on restoring the Republic of Texas. Mentioned in the...
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