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Back to SearchChina’s Industrial Policy: Ambition, Inefficiency, and a Cautionary Tale for America
While China’s economy has boomed, many people wrongly associate that success with the Chinese government’s industrial policies. Intervention has crea…
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The American Revolution and the Danger of Standing Armies
Among the key men involved in the American Revolution and the following periods, we find an oft-repeated concern that may seem foreign to us today—th…
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Oppose Graham Platner for His Socialism, Not Just His Outrageous Behavior
While Graham Platner has become controversial because of his reckless past and violent behavior, the real objection to his being elected a US Senator…
1 week ago
The Warsh Era Begins
Episode 48
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the first FOMC meeting under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. Out? Forward Guidance. In?…
1 week ago
The Middle Ages, "Enlightenment," and Propaganda
Names for historical periods like "Renaissance" and "Enlightenment" did not descend to us out of the heavens. Historians and propagandists of centuri…
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Bond Market Sell Off: Welcome to the “Titanic Effect”
Because government monetary authorities have been interfering with interest rates for decades, investors have no more confidence in the bond markets,…
1 week ago
The Fed Holds the Interest Rate Steady, and Warsh Buys Time with New "Task Force" Scheme
Once we look beyond a small shift in rhetoric and emphasis, there is, so far, no reason to believe that the Fed is headed toward anything other than …
1 week ago
Real Wages Fell for the Second Month as Price Inflation Surged
Sure, the earnings average was up year over year, but prices increased more than earnings did. In fact, price inflation hit a 38-month high in May.
Or…
1 week ago
The Musk Trillionaire Panic Is a Distraction
Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire has triggered a familiar round of progressive outrage. But the imprecise focus on wealth distributi…
1 week, 1 day ago
Why Justice Mattered to Rothbard
Economists like Harold Demsetz and Ronald Coase based their property rights views on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard based his on justice.
Original ar…
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