Bob Murphy digs into the latest GDP numbers, questions Peter St. Onge’s optimistic spin, and shows what the data really says about tariffs,…
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Ours in an age when people panic, sometimes for good reasons but often for bad. Governments benefit from panicked citizenry, which is why…
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Peterson implies the “dark tetrad” is emerging on the non-interventionist right, cloaking their real intentions with conservative rhetoric. Interestingly, however, a historical parallel…
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A free market economy does not generate jobs or money. Instead, it creates wealth through exchange and production. Government intervention, contrary to what…
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Ours in an age when people panic, sometimes for good reasons but often for bad. Governments benefit from panicked citizenry, which is why…
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A free market economy does not generate jobs or money. Instead, it creates wealth through exchange and production. Government intervention, contrary to what…
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The modern state, unlike the medieval monarchy, does not merely tax to sustain itself or to defend the nation. It taxes to reshape…
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A Gallup survey taken in March this year found only 46% of Americans expressed support for Israel (the lowest level in 25 years…
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These subsidies exemplify crony capitalism. The Austrian School of economics defines any subsidy as government intervention in the functioning of the economy.
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William Nordhaus coined the term “Political Business Cycle” a half-century ago. The idea was that government authorities, particularly the central bank, would manipulate…