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Tariffs Won’t Save the US Dollar
December 26, 2024
President-Elect Trump has been threatening tariffs against BRICS countries unless they abandon their plans to abandon the US dollar. While Trump may
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Inheritance Tax Hikes Threaten Farmers’ Property Rights in the UK
December 26, 2024
Britain‘s new Labour Government is doing what leftist governments always do: raising taxes on everyone, but pretending that only the wealthiest citizens
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Christmas, Capitalism, and Consumerism
December 26, 2024
Social critics often tell us that capitalism is contrary to the true meaning of Christmas. In truth, markets and entrepreneurs work to
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A Critique of Black Box Economics
December 26, 2024
Mainstream economists today examine economic phenomena from a “black box” perspective in which they look at inputs and outputs without trying to
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Could an Increase in the Supply of Gold Cause a Boom-Bust Cycle?
December 26, 2024
Can an increase in the supply of gold cause a boom-bust cycle? Mises believed it was theoretically possible but highly unlikely. Rothbard,
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The Economic and Social Consequences of Rent Control
December 26, 2024
Rent control always results in housing shortages and deteriorating housing stock. Governments and activists, unfortunately, never learn any lessons.
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Finding Shelter from Monetary Racketeers
December 26, 2024
We have reached this point: the government keepers of money do not even understand what money is or why inflation is harmful.
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Climate Anxiety: A Regime-Created “Illness”
December 26, 2024
Thanks to unrelenting propaganda from the establishment media, a large number of Americans are suffering from what is diagnosed as “climate anxiety.”
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Jamaica and the Failure of the Entrepreneurial State
December 26, 2024
As we see from Jamaica‘s experience, attempts by the government to be entrepreneurial misallocate resources, waste money, and achieve poor results.