If Political Candidates Advocated Liberty
byIn modern democracies, political cycles never end. As soon as one election is over, those in government office or aspiring to such an office…
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A Call for “Do-Nothing” Presidents Without Legacies
bySome in the news media and editorial page pundits are aghast that many of President Donald Trump’s executive orders and legislative proposals sent off…
Neo-Liberalism: From Laissez-Faire to the Interventionist State
byOne of the most accusatory and negative words currently in use in various politically “progressive” circles is that of “Neo-Liberalism.” To be called a…
MARK SKOUSEN’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMICS By Ken Schoolland, Hawaii Pacific University
by“If I have been able to see farther than others, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants.” — Sir Isaac Newton…
“Liberal Socialism” Another False Utopia
byVery often bad and failed ideas do not die, they simply reappear during periods of supposed social and political crisis in slightly different intellectual…
Maths versus magic
by“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” George Carlin. If investors were…
Ten Years On: Recession, Recovery and the Regulatory State
byWhat we now know to have been one of the worst economic and financial crises of the post-World War II period began about ten…
The fiscal benefits of free trade
byWestern governments have an overriding problem, and that is they have reached or exceeded the bounds of taxation, at a time when legally mandated…
Can Switzerland Survive Today’s Assault on Cash and Sound Money?
byBy Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna “Switzerland will have the last word,” wrote Victor Hugo in the late 19th century. “It possesses one of the most perfect forms…
Why reduction in unemployment not the key for economic growth
byThe US unemployment rate stood at 4.3% in July against 4.4% in the month before. The number of unemployed stood at 6.981 million –…