Can Technology Make Us Free?
Combined with good ideas, we can find new and better ways to use technology to promote liberty, free markets, and overall societal well-being.
Living Free in an Unfree World
Peter Klein and Ryan McMaken discuss the challenge of creating a free world through markets and other private institutions in the midst of ever-growing government power.
The Second Trump Shooter Believed Exactly What the Establishment Media Wanted Him to Believe
After Trump narrowly escaped another assassination attempt, the establishment seems uninterested in the motives of the would-be shooter.
Yes, We Should Defend the Term “Capitalism”
Many proponents of free markets have tried to cast aside the name “capitalism” as a descriptor of the market system. They should take caution before doing so.
The Denarius and the Dollar: Price Controls Then and Now
The more things change, the more they remain the same. In our present age of inflation, we are reminded of how Diocletian and other Roman authorities ordered price controls and…
The Fed Hits the Panic Button and Slashes the Fed Funds Rate
The Fed is desperate for you to think that “this time is different.” Unfortunately, Powell can’t seem to come up with explanation of why that is the case.
An Economy So Strong It Requires Crisis-Level Fed Action
The Fed’s specialty is propaganda through data, with a long record of failure. This is by design. Their communication tools must work in overtime, particularly in the face of a…
Understanding the Basics of Modern Banking
Banking systems around the world have huge effects on our lives, yet few people understand how banks work. Worse yet, even fewer understand the malign powers of central banks and…
The Second Trump Shooter Believed Exactly What the Establishment Media Wanted Him to Believe
After Trump narrowly escaped another assassination attempt, the establishment seems uninterested in the motives of the would-be shooter. Perhaps that’s because he’s echoing the same simplistic narratives about the Ukraine…