Free-market capitalism is the most successful economic system in history, as it has brought unprecedented prosperity and powered vast improvements in all aspects of human well-being. However, in spite of capitalism’s success, the application of economic ideas to...
Politics
Toxic Partisanship: A Gateway Towards Authoritarianism
by David D'Amato | Sep 1, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
For years a consistent refrain in American politics has bewailed an increasingly polarized political atmosphere. As the Pew Research Center observes, for the first time in almost 25 years, “majorities in both parties express not just unfavorable but very unfavorable...
A Question of Motives
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 27, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
People who regard themselves as members of the ideological environmental movement may or may not have good science on their side in any particular matter, but they do themselves no service when they speculate wildly about the motives of their opponents. I frequently...
Matt Taibbi on the Origins of the Russiagate Hoax
by Scott Horton | Aug 19, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics, Scott Horton, The Scott Horton Show
A New Whistleblower Exposes the 'Cambridge Four' This interview was recorded August 13, 2020. The computer garbled the audio terribly, but at least the auto-transcriber was able to make sense of it. The following is edited for clarity and minor mess-ups. Scott Horton:...
A ‘Sound Money Caucus’ Has Launched On Capitol Hill
by Jp Cortez | Aug 15, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
As the political and central banking establishment in Washington continues to bail out the economy and markets by creating trillions of unbacked pieces of paper and electronic digits, a handful of congressmen hope to shine a new spotlight on the devastating effects of...
Crony Capitalist Execs Cheer Selection of Kamala Harris as Dem VP
by Jake Johnson | Aug 14, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
With the prospect of longtime bank critic and progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren being chosen as Joe Biden's running mate now officially dead, Wall Street executives are openly applauding the presumptive Democratic nominee's selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris...
Democide: Understanding the State’s Monopoly on Violence and the Second Amendment
by Sam Jacobs | Aug 13, 2020 | Politics
If you want to truly understand the necessity of the 2nd Amendment, you have to understand democide and what history teaches us about state-sponsored violence.
Anatomy Of A Monopoly
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jul 9, 2020 | Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
Anyone who has ever tried to start a business knows the difficulty in just getting it off the ground. Ignoring licensing, etc., consider that most potential entrepreneurs start off in a financial hole. If you have to hire employees this will be your biggest expense....