Scott talks to Robert Naiman about the efforts in congress and the senate to oppose the war in Yemen and stymie any escalation in a conflict with Iran. Naiman is optimistic that a concurrent resolution against the war in Yemen, which Trump cannot veto, will have...
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Bin Laden Has Won
by Zack Sorenson | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog
The Giant blinked. American power does not have the capability to deal with this situation in a way that won't end badly. As I said earlier, Islamic Civilization has intergenerational aspirations. Iran are not the "madmen" the neocons portray, but based on many...
Florida Points the Way Toward Increasing Competition Among Its Healthcare Providers
by Davis Warnell | Jan 8, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
Repealing certificate-of-need (CON) laws can stimulate more healthcare supply and access Did you know that in many states, healthcare providers need to obtain government permission before rolling out new services or technologies? It sounds nonsensical, but these...
An Introduction to Virginia 2nd Amendment “Sanctuaries”
by Michael Boldin | Jan 7, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice, Politics
Over 90 percent of Virginia’s counties have claimed “2nd Amendment Sanctuary” status since the Nov. 5 election that gave Democrats control of Richmond for the first time in decades. But their rhetoric doesn’t match reality. The resolutions are symbolic and have no...
1/3/20 Patrick Cockburn on Qassem Soleimani and America’s Proxy War With Iran in Iraq
by Scott Horton | Jan 5, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn discusses the recent killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani at an airport in Baghdad. Cockburn is surprised by the boldness of the move, and thinks Iran will respond, though not necessarily in a dramatic or immediate way. More likely, he says,...
bitcoin is Dead: Part 1
by Phil Gibson | Jan 5, 2020 | Blog, Economics, Libertarianism
For the audio version, check out my podcast A Boy Named Pseu where you can download it on all podcast platforms. (read starts at 8:54) Read full piece here. Is it, now? Well, haven’t you heard? The 11 year fad of magic internet money is long over. Nobody is buying,...
Money, Expectations, and Economic Growth
by Frank Shostak | Jan 5, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
In various writings, Milton Friedman argued that there is a variable lag between changes in money supply and its effect on real output and prices. Friedman held that in the short run changes in money supply will be followed by changes in real output. However, in the...
Rome Doesn’t Need To Be Burning For The Fiddlin’ To Start
by Zack Sorenson | Jan 5, 2020 | Blog
I don't personally think WWIII is here just yet, but that doesn't mean we can't start the party. Without meaning to be pessimistic, I do think the 2020s will be very bad for everyone. With this in mind, I wanted to start things off with a bit of levity. There's this...
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How Economic Regulation Hurts the Poor – Walter E. Williams
In the name of protecting public health, California requires that an individual who seeks to perform any kind of hairstyling service must complete nine months (1,600 hours) of classes at a state-approved cosmetology school, at a tuition cost of at least $5,000, before...
My Body My Choice: Abolish Occupational Licensing
The most immediate effect of licensing is to restrict the number of practitioners because of the higher entry costs involved in meeting the qualifications of the activity. Some licenses, as in the cases of cosmeticians and barbers, require many months of schooling....
Progressives Are Domestic Imperialists
Progressives will fight tooth and nail to make sure every citizen gets a 1 in 100,000,000 vote between two politicians every four years since it allows the political system to reflect the wishes of the population at large. However, when those very same voters try to...
Leaked Pentagon Documents: A Thread
What follows are highlights from the trove of leaked US government documents that appeared on the internet sometime last month, including a handful of the documents themselves, reporting on the material, my own observations, as well as official statements and...
Interview Show 20th Anniversary
I started on the radio in late 1998, but today is the 20th anniversary of the interview show. First of 5,894 so far was the great Alan Bock on Iraq, three days after the marines pulled down Saddam's statue in Baghdad. The full archive is here.
The Robber Barons: Historical Fact vs. Progressive Mythology
The standard theory of monopoly within the mainstream of the economics profession is that monopolies increase prices and reduce production levels compared to competitive industries. So I gathered historical economic data on prices and production for seventeen of the...
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