Ever the economist, Ludwig von Mises believed that many problems plaguing humanity stemmed from economic ideologies that were flawed. He also believed that the best tool for fighting against wrongheaded economic viewpoints was the application of reason. ...
What is a proper libertarian foreign policy? Murray Rothbard wrote that first and foremost, a peaceful and realistic policy means not invading other countries and working to end wars as quickly as possible. ...
The Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) crowd prides itself on fidelity to actual history. But Murphy shows how leading MMT guru Randall Wray completely distorts his discussion of two historical episodes in his college lecture. ...
Western Europe has been at peace for the past 80 years. Unfortunately, EU leaders have not appreciated the benefits of peace and look to promoting war. The memories of World War II have faded, but the EU seems determined to ...
For now, the number one thing we can to do make the federal debt less costly and more manageable is to just stop making it bigger. ...
In Nicholas Wolterstorff‘s Understanding Liberal Democracy, he assails a vastly influential school of thought in a way that libertarians will find useful. ...
The goalposts are continually changing (more like fallacy-hopping), but one would-be goal of tariffs needs to be confronted—tariffs for domestic job protection. ...
Economist Robert Higgs described the “ratchet effect” in which government either creates a crisis or responds to one, leading to a permanent expansion of government power. After the crisis ends, government retreats—but not to the point where is was pre-crisis. ...
The U.S. gov has approved $17.9 bln for Israeli military operations in Gaza and elsewhere since Oct 7, substantially more than in any other year since the U.S. began granting military aid to Israel in 1959. ...