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John Tamny chronicles the profound ignorance and malfeasance of policy makers at all levels during 2020. Does the varied response...

Was Covid merely the excuse to justify new police powers under the guise of public heath—powers politicians will use to...

After more than a year of unprecedented state intervention in our private lives, have Americans accepted a grim "new normal"?...

“Brewed according to the German Purity Law,” a Hobräu München hefeweizen bottle proudly declares. This brewery is not alone. Other...

Nixon’s closing the gold window should be seen as the end of the last remnant of the gold standard, not...

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary since Nixon suspended the convertibility of the US dollar into gold. This began the era...

In every great war monetary calculation was disrupted by inflation. … The economic behavior of the belligerents was thereby led...

It's not just the civilian politicians. For twenty years, the military itself pressed for more war, endlessly claiming that victory...

Roger Crisp is a well-regarded philosopher and has written important books on ethical theory and its history with a concentration...

In 1971, David Rockefeller favored a “new international monetary system with greater flexibility” and “less reliance on gold.” Seeing an...