https://youtu.be/L1WIoXexTmw After analyzing the prices of hundreds of commodities, goods, and services spanning two centuries, Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley found that resources became more abundant as the population grew. That was especially true when they looked at...
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5/16/22 Ethan Siegel: Hotter Than the Sun
by Scott Horton | May 17, 2022 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Ethan Siegel joins Scott to discuss the science behind the temperature of thermonuclear explosions. Scott is putting together a new book that argues for the abolition of nuclear weapons called Hotter Than The Sun. He wanted to talk with an expert...
BBC Admits Syria Gas Attack Report Had Serious Flaws
by Steven Woskow | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog
This sham chemical weapons claim is what drove Trump to conduct a missile strike on Syria at the urging of his generals. "The BBC has admitted that a Radio 4 documentary on an alleged chemical weapon attack in Syria contained serious inaccuracies. The Corporation's...
Episode 529: Hope for the Future of Education w/ Kerry McDonald
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 27, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
42 Minutes Safe for Work Kerry McDonald is a Senior Education Fellow at FEE and author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom. She is also an adjunct scholar at The Cato Institute and a regular Forbes contributor....
Authoritarian Populism v. Libertarianism. Tom Palmer and Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Sep 12, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/uuew9Ycs2qU The liberal revolution implanted indelibly in the minds of the masses — not only in the West but in the still feudally-dominated undeveloped world — the burning desire for liberty... Murray N. Rothbard Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against...
Ron Paul Sits Down with Matt Kibbe for Longform Interview on Life & Liberty
by Adam Dick | Sep 6, 2020 | Blog
In interviews, Ron Paul tends mainly to be asked about events of the day. These often-short interviews help Paul advance his goal of communicating the ideas of liberty. It is interesting and illuminating in a different way when Paul on occasion takes part in longer,...
CATO 2020 National Survey Results: 63% Of Americans In Favor Of Ending Qualified Immunity For Police
by Steven Woskow | Jul 19, 2020 | Blog
From Emily Ekins at CATO Survey results show good news for police reform. 63% of Americans support ending qualified immunity for police. The problem is those in power don't - a majority of Republicans, police (as represented by the unions) and the judicial system....
The Fed Looks Increasingly Concerned About Liquidity and Growth — Even If it Says Otherwise
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 3, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles
The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, cutting the target federal funds rate by 0.25 percent to a range of 0.5 to 0.75 percent. The Fed's rate-setting committee, the FOMC, has now cut rates three times this year. The committee's rhetoric...
Trump Tariff Tweet Blast Dumps Markets Lower
by Mike Swanson | May 7, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
For the past few weeks stock market investors have been expecting a resolution of the Trump tariff negotiations, with expectations growing that some sort of deal would be settled by the end of this week. Last week Trump officials such as Larry Kudlow even made...
Unlawful Shield
by Scott Horton | Aug 27, 2018 | Blog
Check out Cato's great new project Unlawful Shield, "Dedicated to Abolishing Qualified Immunity." "Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine invented out of whole cloth by the U.S. Supreme Court that protects government agents, including particularly law enforcement...
6/15/18 Mike Swanson on Jerome Powell Economy, Boom Bust, and Investing
by Scott Horton | Jun 18, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Mike Swanson is interviewed on the economy, boom bust, investing and his article "Is Today Going to be the Day that Jerome Powell Brings a Dovish Surprise?" Mike Swanson runs the website wallstreetwindow.com and is the author of the books Strategic Stock...
A Not So Isolated Incident
by Rob Faust | Jun 12, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
Last week police footage went viral of an incident that happened at New Jersey beach. In the video, a 20-year-old woman, Emily Weinman, was punched in the head several times by a police officer while being arrested. The officer’s justification was that Weinman was...
The Story of Gold and Bitcoin: Bulls Make Money and Pigs Get Slaughtered
by Mike Swanson | Jul 17, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles
There is nothing wrong with being a bull in the stock market or a bear for that matter either. Nothing at all in fact. It's about seeing the trend and getting aligned with it. But being a pig in a finanical market will eventually lead one to the slaughterhouse. It's...
The Right to Record and Police Accountability
by Jonathan Blanks | Jun 30, 2017 | Featured Articles, Justice
The New York Police Department’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) reported that over a three-year period, NYPD officers threatened, blocked, and otherwise tried to prevent individuals from recording them in public in the performance of their duties. Almost 100...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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