Collectivist Revivalism and the New Attack on Liberty
America and some other parts of the world are facing a “revivalist” movement, but rather than being a religious revival, it is an ideological…
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Progressivism Is An Imposter
“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” This became an often-repeated popular line after its use in the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke….
Read MorePrice Controls Attack the Freedom of Speech
We increasingly live in a new “dark age” of economic ignorance, and even stupidity. Few things exemplify this trend as much as the call for price…
Read MoreFriends of Freedom, Do Not Despair
riends of freedom can easily become despondent when they look at what appear to be the ideological and political trends that fill the media…
Read MoreHow Much Damage Will Come from this Trade War?
First, the good news: the U.S. and world economies have not imploded, so far, as fallout from the rising trade tensions between the Trump…
Read MoreDebt, Deficits and the Cost of Free Lunches
It seems that every generation or two, fundamental economic ideas are questioned and challenged. The reasonable and important idea that governments should balance their…
Read MoreCentral Banking Is Central Planning
At a time when the appeal of and demands for a new “democratic” socialism seem to have caught the imagination of many among the…
Read MoreThe Global Economy Desperately Needs Freedom
How many bureaucrats are there in the world? The global population currently numbers more than 7.5 billion people. Out of that number it is…
Read MoreThe Dangers of Negative Interest Rates and a Cashless Economy
The recent gyrations in the stock market and the uncertainties surrounding American trade policies with China and other parts of the world have raised…
Read MoreBeyond GDP to a New Road to Serfdom
It is a commonplace that there is more to life than money and the material benefits that it may provide someone. We often make…
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