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Prompted by an online debate about whether economics belongs with the hard sciences, Bob reviews common defenses of mainstream practice and explains why they...
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Although some scholars have labeled the early Ming Dynasty as a proto-liberal state, they are mistaken. The Ming governance at that time was weak,...
The original 13 British colonies that made up the early United States had very different populations with decidedly different political and social outlooks.
Economists consider probability to be central to economic analysis, but, as Ludwig von Mises wrote, economic action involves unique and purposeful events, not random...
Prompted by an online debate about whether economics belongs with the hard sciences, Bob reviews common defenses of mainstream practice and explains why they...
Keynesian orthodoxy claims that the cause of recessions is a decline in so-called aggregate demand. Besides confusing cause-and-effect, Keynesians don’t understand that downturns are...
Inflation is not just an economic phenomenon. It also undercuts the foundations of a civilization, leading to the breakdown of society itself.
Four interviews in one cut: gold’s whiplash, ballooning debt, and what it all means for your wallet.
Four interviews in one cut: gold’s whiplash, ballooning debt, and what it all means for your wallet.
Modern progressivism is based upon the notion of equity—equal outcomes. However, as Ludwig von Mises wrote, classical liberalism had its roots in liberty, which...
Roger Williams, the Baptist minister whose libertarian views ran afoul of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities, should be honored as one of this country’s...
Mainstream economists and others speak of the Consumer Price Index as the measure of inflation. Yet, the CPI is nothing more than a weighted...
“President Donald Trump’s once unquestioned grip on his MAGA political base is showing signs of strain as some of his supporters have started pushing...
When John Rawls published A Theory of Justice in 1971, he realized there were some loopholes that he tried to cover 22 years later...