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Will Trump End Sham Democracy Promotions?
The rollback of U.S. meddling in "promoting democracy" is perhaps the most positive foreign-policy reform of the Trump presidency. Column...
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If We Measured the Economy by Quality-of-Life Instead of GDP, We’d Be In a Depression
The obsession with measuring aggregate GDP obscures how the real standard of living for many people has declined.
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Silver: London Calling
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What Will the Next Gold Bust Look Like?
There have been four gold busts under the fiat dollar money regimes since the “freeing” of the gold price in...
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Government Science Is an Oxymoron
Many Americans are convinced that only government can provide useful science since government is supposed to be “neutral,” not corrupted...
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Popular Media, Romanticism, and the Statist Insinuation
Popular views of capitalism and free markets are not shaped by the facts, but rather by anti-capitalist intellectuals and the...
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Does a Fall in Unemployment Lead to Stronger Economic Growth?
Ever since the Great Depression, most economists have claimed that the key to increasing economic growth is to lower unemployment....
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Tulipmania Reconsidered, Reconciling Austrian Perspectives
The Dutch Tulip Bulb Mania of the 1630s continues to fascinate, especially given the recent asset bubbles our economy has...
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Individualism and Self-Determination in the American Tradition
What do we mean by “individualism” in the American tradition? It is not separatist or atomistic, but rather freedom from...
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Silver’s $50 Moment
Mark Thornton explains why $50 silver is a psychological barrier.
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