Some libertarians might think that epidemics and the panic associated with them might be some kind of government scam. Yes, government can and will exploit crises, maybe using them to accomplish its own ends more so than even solving the problem. However, an...
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Three Revolutionary Ideas
Introduction So many ideas that we take for granted had once been considered revolutionary. Historically, common responses to founders of such ideas have been charges of heresy, ostracism, or death. Famously, Socrates was sentenced to die for “corrupting the youth”,...
War! Glorious War!
According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study released in 2016 the US Government was spending over $1 Billion annually on Public Relations. Approximately $626 Million of that was used by the Department of Defense to fund its PR campaign glamorizing and...
1/17/20 Ryan McMaken on America’s Petrodollar Addiction
Ryan McMaken discusses his recent articles for the Mises Institute about the future of U.S. dollar hegemony. He walks us through the dollar's history as global reserve currency, which began in the mid 20th century as an alternative to a direct gold standard. Still,...
MLK: ‘Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam’
April 30, 1967, Riverside Church, New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyE4eo_leX8 The sermon which I am preaching this morning in a sense is not the usual kind of sermon, but it is a sermon and an important subject, nevertheless, because the issue that I will be...
As Americans Distracted by Impeachment, Congress Silently Killed Cannabis Reform—Despite Support
In case you have been under a rock, Donald Trump is getting impeached. He is not getting impeached for invading countries on false pretenses, engineering coups to overthrow democratically elected governments in foreign countries, sending weapons to the largest state...
12/10/19 Davis, Hoh and Sjursen Reflect on the War in Afghanistan
Daniel Davis, Matthew Hoh, and Danny Sjursen reflect on America's war in Afghanistan in light of the Washington Post's publishing of a trove of formerly confidential documents on the war. The report, which is being hailed as this generations Pentagon Papers, details...
My Path to the Austrian School of Economics
Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for people as young as 20 or 30 to feel they have to share their memories with the world. Even at an advanced age, I prefer not to talk publicly about personal things and experiences in my life, but to reserve this for private...
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