You Can’t Depend on the State to Maintain Public Order
Although commonly used, Max Weber’s definition of the state—an entity that has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force ...
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Biden’s New Intersectionality: Where Equity Policies Meet Bad Economics
In the summer of 2020, the Smithsonian Institution created a chart meant to condemn what it calls “whiteness,” and it listed a ...
The Five Stages of Bank Failure Grief
The talking heads on financial TV ask everyday where we are in the banking crisis. Is it over yet? After ...
Marxists Have a Plan for Housing: Make Sure There Is Less Available
“Stay in your lane” is a frequently heard refrain nowadays, normally a piece of advice directed at those who, by ...
End the FBI
Special counsel John Durham on Monday released his report on the FBI's role in investigating the 2016 Donald Trump campaign's alleged collusion ...
A Credit Crunch Is Inevitable
Federal Reserve data shows $98 billion of deposits left the banking system in the week after the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. ...
Mark Thornton: It’s a Very Rational Decision to Invest Against the Political Disorder
A very short podcast I heard recently from Mises really caught my attention. The analysis by Mark Thornton was excellent, ...
What If the Dollar Falls?
The past few weeks, major countries have been moving away from the US dollar, raising doubts about the dollar’s long-dominant ...
The RESTRICT Act Will Only Restrict Our Liberties
Earlier this month, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act, ...
Why Fractional Reserve Banking Is behind Bank Failures
Drug addicts suffer major withdrawal symptoms when they go cold turkey. In the case of high-tech startups and their banks ...